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Red-wattled Lapwing

Vanellus indicus

हिन्दी: टिट्टिभ

IUCN: Least Concern
Red-wattled Lapwing (Vanellus indicus) photographed by Devendra Bhardwaj

Image: Devendra Bhardwaj · iNaturalist · CC BY-NC 4.0 · Jhalana Doongri, Jaipur, Rajasthan · Resized

Scientific name
Vanellus indicus
Hindi name
टिट्टिभ
Family
Charadriidae, order Charadriiformes
Group
Bird
Conservation status
Least Concern

The alert watchman of open ground.

  • Spot it Red face wattle and a black-and-white pattern.
  • Home Fields and wetlands.
  • Food web Eats insects; its loud alarm warns other animals.
  • Why it matters Keeps pests down, and its alarm calls warn the whole neighbourhood.

Read more: Red-wattled lapwing on Wikipedia

Sources and credits

Records and field notes

  • RajasthanDevendra Bhardwaj has 2 verified records of this species on iNaturalist, between 2022 and 2026, in Kota and Jaipur.[20]

Sources

  1. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (species pages linked on each entry) (database). Global conservation status. Every species page was opened.
  2. Devendra Bhardwaj. iNaturalist observations and notes, with place and date (inaturalist.org/people/devendrabhardwaj) (field record). The observer's own dated records and notes, with places. Statements in his notes are his own and were not independently checked by KJVF.
  3. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and GBIF species data (family, order, Hindi names, IUCN category) (database). Open biodiversity data. Used for classification, Hindi common names and the IUCN category where one is given.
  4. Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (opening lines of each species article, CC BY-SA 4.0). The link on each entry goes to the article (reference). Not peer reviewed. Only the opening description is used, and statements about origin or medicinal use are left out.
  5. Short introductions and key points written with AI help (Google Gemini and Claude) and checked against GBIF where possible (reference). AI-assisted text for general readers. Please check important details before relying on them.

The tag before each record shows the place it was checked for.

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