Al Ain Compost Plant, Abu Dhabi
March 2010

Red-wattled Lapwing is distributed from south-east Turkey through the Middle east to the Indian sub-continent and south-east Asia. It is found in open areas such as agricultural fields close to fresh or brackish water.

It is a large plover with a red bill, eye-ring and wattles, black on the head and the centre of the chest and long yellow legs that extend beyond the tail in flight.

There is more information available via Avibase.

The calls are loud and shrill often rendered as "did-he-do-it"