Jenjang dan burung perancah (Cranes & Waders)
Masked Lapwing
Vanellus miles
- langka
- 48 km/h
- Risiko rendah
Has yellow spurs on its wings and will use them. Dive-bombs dogs, cyclists, and unsuspecting postal workers.
- Populasi
- Not numerically quantified — population size has not been estimated following recent taxonomic splits (V. miles vs. V. novaehollandiae); overall population trend increasing, though some populations have unknown trends
- Habitat
- Edges of wetlands, wet grasslands, and other moist open environments (paddocks, playing fields, mudflats, beaches), plus urban/human-altered areas (parks, gardens, carparks); adaptable to drier open country
- Fakta menarik
- The yellow (black-tipped) wing spurs are real anatomical structures, not a myth as sometimes described — but despite widespread claims they are venomous, they are not; the Masked Lapwing relies on them plus loud alarm calls, distraction displays (including feigning a broken wing or defending a nonexistent nest), and aggressive swooping to fend off intruders near its nest.
- Sebaran
- Northern, central, and eastern Australia; also Indonesia, New Guinea, New Caledonia, and New Zealand (the latter two via natural/self-introduced colonization from Australian source populations)
- Makanan
- Worms, insects and other invertebrates (and their larvae) obtained by ground foraging just below the surface, plus some seeds
- Ukuran
- 0,35 m
- Bentang sayap
- 0,8 m
- Masa hidup
- 7 tahun
