Red –Wattled Lapwing
- Persian name Didomak
- English name Red –Wattled Lapwing
- Scientific name Vanellusindicus
- Family Charadriidae
- Morphology Body length: 33 cm. It can be easily recognized by the long yellow legs, the black head and the bib on the front and back of the neck,white belly and a red fleshy wattle in front of each eye. The wings and back are light brown with a purple to green sheen. Prominently white patch runs between these two colors, from belly and tail, flanking the neck to the sides of crown.
- Ethology They are noisy birds and their calls have been variously rendered as” did he do it or pity to do it”.