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Red-wattled Lapwing - first record from Borneo

Great news from our regular contributor, Mr. Roger Rajah, who resides in Negara Brunei Darussalam.

He took photograph of a Red-wattle Lapwing Venellus indicus atronuchalis, the eastern race of this sepcies, in Wasan Ricefields, Brunei Darussalam at 9.15 am on 23rd March 2014.

 

This species is resident in the Middle East through India to South East Asia, including Cochinchina and northern portion of Malay Peninsula. It has been recorded to migrate to Nortern Sumatra occassionally.

Congratulations to Mr. Roger Rajah on this fantastic find.

The links to the photos on Borneo Bird Images are as follows:

http://www.borneobirdimages.com/species/red-wattled_lapwing

Added by tswong on 2014-04-28

Red-wattled Lapwing