Southern lapwing (Vanellus chilensis) bird. El Calafate, Argentina, Patagonia, South America.
A southern lapwing (Vanellus chilensis) bird in El Calafate, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina, Patagonia, South America. The southern lapwing, a wader in the order Charadriiformes, is a common resident widespread in South America. It's the national bird of Uruguay. It has also been spreading through Central America and reached Trinidad in 1961 and Tobago in 1974.