“Vanellus lugubris”
What to Know About The Senegal Lapwing in Uganda?
The Senegal lapwing is sometimes called lesser black-winged lapwing. It is a bird in the family Charadriidae. The Senegal Lapwing is a common breeder in almost the whole of Africa.
How Does the Senegal Lapwing in Uganda Look Like?
The Senegal lapwing is a small-sized bird with length 22–26 cm and weight 107–140 g. they are slender with grey to brown head and slimmer body. The eyes are orange, throat is brown, the legs are the bill are dark.
How Does the Senegal Lapwing in Uganda Sing and Make Calls?
The Senegal lapwing gives either a piping “tlu-wit” or a “thi-wit” and a plaintive trisyllabic whistle.
How Does The Senegal Lapwing in Uganda Feed?
The Senegal lapwing feeds mostly on small invertebrates, insects like beetles and their larvae. They can also eat grass seeds. It can feed at night.
How Does the Senegal Lapwing in Uganda Breed?
The Senegal lapwing is bigamous (takes more than a single mate). The pair builds a weak nest, which is defended by the male by calling from an elevated mound and chasing intruders away.
How Does the Senegal Lapwing in Uganda Reproduce?
The female lays 3-4 eggs in the months of June-December, peaking from August-December. Incubation is by both sexes for about 27-28 days, in changes of at least 40 minutes.
The chicks leave the nest after about four hours of hatching, once their down is dry; caring for chicks in done in turns directing chicks to eats.
When the parent with chicks finds a predator, he/she performs confusing displays as the chicks fins a hiding place.
Fledging of chicks is at about 29-31 days old, they become fully independent at the beginning of the new breeding season.
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