← Alle voëls – All birds
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Lelkiewiet
African Wattled Lapwing
Vanellus senegallus
Familie / Family: Charadriidae
Spesienommer / Species number: 247
🏡 Bly hier – Resident
Hierdie voël bly die hele jaar by ons.
This bird lives here all year round.
Afrikaans
'n Bruin kiewiet met geel bene en 'n geel-en-rooi lel wat aan weerskante van die bek hang. Dit eet insekte en wurms.
Waar by die skool? Kyk op nat grasveld en by vleie.
Wil jy weet? Die lelle by sy bek is kaal vel, nie vere nie.
English
A brown lapwing with yellow legs and a yellow-and-red wattle hanging on each side of its bill. It eats insects and worms.
Where at school? Look on wet grassland and near marshes.
Did you know? The wattles next to its bill are bare skin, not feathers.
