A grey wading bird with a black throat patch, red eye, and a wispy crest, standing in dry grass with its beak open.

Southern Lapwing

A Southern Lapwing calls out with its bill open, its grey body, black chest band and red eye-ring making it one of South America's most vocal wetland birds.

Location: Pantanal, Brazil
Trip: Brazil 2024
Date: 9 March 2024
Capture: Canon EOS R · 150-600mm F5-6.3 DG OS HSM | Contemporary 015 · 600mm · f/6.3 · 1/640 · ISO 800