What is Southern lapwing?
{{Taxobox | name = Southern Lapwing | image = Quero-Quero.Southern Lapwing.Teru-Teru.Vanellus Chilensis.JPG | image_width = 240px | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]] | classis = [[Aves]] | ordo = [[Charadriiformes]] | familia = [[Charadriidae]] | genus = ''[[Vanellus]] '' | species = '''''V. chilensis''''' | binomial = ''Vanellus chilensis'' | binomial_authority = ([[Juan Ignacio Molina|Molina]], [[1782]]) }} The '''southern lapwing''' (''Vanellus chilensis'') is a large long-[[leg]]ged [[bird]]. Lapwings are [[wader|shorebirds]]. It is a common in [[Central America|Central]] and [[South America]], except in the [[jungle]]s of the [[Amazon River|Amazon]] and the [[Andes Mountains|Andes]]. It is the national bird of [[Uruguay]]. {{Commons|Vanellus|Southern Lapwing}} {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Charadriiformes]] [[Category:Birds of Central America]] [[Category:Birds of South America]] [[Category:National symbols of Uruguay]]