Northern lapwing

Date/Update: 21 April 2014
Categories: Plovers
Northern lapwing, Vanneau huppé, Kiebitz
Northern lapwing. Rohrwiesen, Worms, Germany. April 2014.
Northern lapwing
Northern lapwing in flight (my first Bird in flight). Fedderwardersiel, Germany (1981). Scan from reversal film.
Synonyms:peewit, tew-it, green plover, pyewipe 
Scientific name: Vanellus vanellus
Scientific family: Charadriidae
German name:Kiebitz 
Spanish name: Avefría
French name:Vanneau huppé