Curlew vs Lapwing - What's the difference?
curlew | lapwing |
Any of several migratory wading birds in the genus Numenius of the family Scolopacidae, remarkable for their long, slender, downcurved bills.
Any of several medium-sized wading birds belonging to the subfamily Vanellinae within family Charadriidae.
* 1986 , Steven L. Hilty, Bill Brown, A Guide to the Birds of Colombia ,
* 2010 , Des Thompson, Ingvar Byrkjedal, Tundra Plovers ,
* 2010 , Clive Finlayson, Birds of the Strait of Gibraltar ,
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* 1602 , , Act V Scene 2,
As nouns the difference between curlew and lapwing
is that curlew is any of several migratory wading birds in the genus Numenius of the family Scolopacidae, remarkable for their long, slender, downcurved bills while lapwing is any of several medium-sized wading birds belonging to the subfamily Vanellinae within family Charadriidae.curlew
Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* bristle-thighed curlew, Numenius tahitiensis * eastern curlew, Numenius madagascariensis * Eskimo curlew, Numenius borealis * Eurasian curlew, Numenius arquata * little curlew, Numenius minutus * long-billed curlew, Numenius americanus * slender-billed curlew, Numenius tenuirostrisSee also
* stone curlewlapwing
English
(wikipedia lapwing) (Vanellus)Noun
(en noun)page 149,
- Plovers and lapwings are a large, virtually worldwide family that differs from sandpipers in, among other things, having a shorter, thicker, pigeonlike bill and more robust proportions.
page 36,
- The resident tropical plovers have much less pointed wings, and most of the lapwings have fairly rounded wing-tips, a wing shape apparently more adapted to aerial manoeuvrability than to long-distance migration.
page 244,
- Lapwings are abundant winter visitors to the area but, like the Golden Plovers, vary greatly in number between years.
- This lapwing runs away with the shell on his head.