WINTER NORTHERN LAPWING, EVOA,LISBON REGION,PORTUGAL, 9/29/2019

   We can ID this lapwing as a Northern Lapwing as follows:

• Black crown with long wispy crest
• Black and white face with some chestnut tinge
• Rear crown and nape tinged chestnut
• White foreneck
• Iridescent green and purple on dark upperparts
• White underparts, except for black breast
• Straight black bill

   The Northern Lapwing is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 948.