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Javan Lapwing

Vanellus macropterus

FAMILY

Plovers and Lapwings (Charadriidae)

LAST DOCUMENTED

1939

(85 years)

REGION

Asia

IUCN STATUS

Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct)

Last Documented

The last specimen was collected from the southeastern coast of Java, Indonesia (April 1939; BirdLife International 2001).

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