Hoploxypterus cayanus
Napo River, Ecuador
P3105612
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Pied Lapwing (Hoploxypterus cayanus), known to the Matsés as acten tsiuic, illustrated here by the Matsés indigenous artist Guillermo Nëcca Pëmen Mënquë. ©Acaté Amazon Conservation. Learn more at acateamazon.org/matses-rainforest-gallery/
Rio São Lourenço - Porto Jofre, MT, Brazil.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Charadriidae
Subfamily: Vanellinae
Genus: Hoploxypterus Bonaparte, 1856
Species: H. cayanus (Latham, 1790)
Binomial name: Hoploxypterus cayanus
Synonyms:
- Charadrius cayanus Latham, 1790
- Vanellus cayanus (Latham, 1790)