The Lapwing iSt an about pigeon-sized Plover with relatively short legs. He is 28 to 31 cm long and has a wingspan of 70 to 80 cm. He weighs 128 330 grams up to. Males and females are about the same size.

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The adult (adult) Lapwings have a metallic green and violet shimmering coat and upper wing, a white belly with a sharply demarcated, black breast band. Most striking is the long black hood, called also spring Hollenbeck. In the breeding plumage, the male differs from the female by a longer spring Hollenbeck, a more intense Black color as well as the continuous fillet spot. In finishing, the Chin is and know the front neck, the feathers of the upper hand blankets and shoulders are pale tawny lined what is produced by a schuppenartiges pattern. The Holle is significantly shorter than in breeding plumage. Young (juvenile) Lapwings look like adults in finishing and have also broader, yellow-brown feather fringes, as well as a clear Brown breast band.

The Habitat the Kiebitzes is characteristic, not to be confused: Lapwings fly with loose, leisurely beats, the wings themselves are conspicuously broad and rounded. By the black ascenders and white base flashing in the flight to adjust flying squads of Lapwing from further distance.

Lapwings are very willing to vote during the breeding season, their call sounds complaining flashy, like "kschäää" or "kiju wit", which has entered the German and Dutch name "Kiviet" to them. A wummerndes noise is generated with the wings in courtship flight.

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