Pecking free of its shell, a River Lapwing chick stretches its legs. It has no idea it's hiding in plain sight. The soft hue of its feathers, a mosaic of shades mirroring the Mekong River's gravel ...

While Purbachal is a fancy name of a pummelled river-bed and uprooted Sal forest, all to extend the suburb for the capital's burgeoning population, birds do not find the place unattractive because it ...

Even as 15 bird species in India continue to be critically endangered, the latest International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List of Birds (2013) shows that three species River Lapwing, River ...

The yellow-wattled lapwing ( Vanellus malabaricus) is now scarcely seen in Chennai and its vicinage, much less its courtship march. In comparison to the red-wattled lapwing ( Vanellus indicus) — which ...