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tinged with grey, a less
distinct breast band, and pale
fringes to the
upperpart and wing
covert feathers. The call of the grey-headed
lapwing is a sharp...
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Subspecies Description Range Synonyms T. a. alba (Scopoli, 1769)
Upperparts grey and
light buff.
Underparts white, with few if any
black spots;
males often...
- 5 cm (5.7 in) long and
weighs 11.9 g (0.42 oz), with a long tail. The
upperparts are
plain brown with
darker brown wings and two buff wing bars. There...
- with less
orange on the breast. The male in
breeding plumage has
black upperparts and head (lacking the
brownish tones of the
European stonechat), a con****uous...
- and Asia.
These are
mainly slim,
small to medium-sized species. The
upperparts tend to be
buffy brown and the
underparts are
often a
shade of pinkish-brown...
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breeding male is
unmistakable with blue
upperparts and
white underparts. The
female is much drabber, with
brown upperparts and
whitish underparts. Her dark eye...
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distinctive bird with a
black head and neck,
prominent white ch****s,
olive upperparts and
yellow underparts, with some
variation amongst the
numerous subspecies...
- blue-black
upperparts, a
white throat and
upper breast, and
yellow lower breast and belly. The
female is duller, with olive-brown
upperparts. In Sri Lanka...
- is more
light yellowish-brown and less buff. The dark
patterns on the
upperparts and
underparts are more
expressed and less
regular than in B. b. turcom****...
