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==Taxonomy== The northern lapwing was [[Species description|formally described]] by the Swedish naturalist [[Carl Linnaeus]] in 1758 in the [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|tenth edition]] of his ''[[Systema Naturae]]'' under the [[binomial nomenclature|binomial name]] ''Tringa vanellus''.<ref>{{cite book |last=Linnaeus |first=Carl |author-link=Carl Linnaeus |year=1758 |title=Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis |language=Latin |edition=10th |publisher=Laurentii Salvii |location=Holmiae (Stockholm) |volume=1 |page=148 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/727055}}</ref> The species is now placed with the other lapwings in the [[genus]] ''[[Vanellus]]'' that was introduced by the French zoologist [[Mathurin Jacques Brisson]] in 1760.<ref>{{cite book |last=Brisson |first=Mathurin Jacques |author-link=Mathurin Jacques Brisson |year=1760 |title=Ornithologie, ou, Méthode Contenant la Division des Oiseaux en Ordres, Sections, Genres, Especes & leurs Variétés |language=fr, la |at=[https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36010447 Vol. 1, p. 48], [https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36294364 Vol. 5, p. 94] |place=Paris |publisher=Jean-Baptiste Bauche}}</ref><ref name=ioc>{{cite web |editor1-last=Gill |editor1-first=Frank |editor1-link=Frank Gill (ornithologist) |editor2-last=Donsker |editor2-first=David |editor3-last=Rasmussen |editor3-first=Pamela |editor3-link=Pamela Rasmussen |date=July 2021 |title=Sandpipers, snipes, coursers |work=IOC World Bird List Version 11.2 |publisher=International Ornithologists' Union |url=https://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/sandpipers/ |access-date=22 November 2021}}</ref> The scientific name ''Vanellus'' is [[Medieval Latin]] for the northern lapwing and derives from ''vannus'', a [[Winnowing#In Greek culture|winnowing fan]].<ref name=job>{{cite book |last=Jobling |first=James A |year=2010 |title=The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names |publisher=Christopher Helm |location=London |isbn=978-1-4081-2501-4 |page=397 |url=https://archive.org/details/Helm_Dictionary_of_Scientific_Bird_Names_by_James_A._Jobling}}</ref> The species is [[monotypic]]: no [[subspecies]] are recognised.<ref name=ioc/> The name ''lapwing'' has been variously attributed to the "lapping" sound its wings make in flight, from the irregular progress in flight due to its large wings (the [[Oxford English Dictionary]] derives this from an Old English word meaning "to totter"),<ref name=OED>{{cite OED |Lapwing}}</ref> or from its habit of drawing potential predators away from its nest by trailing a wing as if broken. The names ''peewit'', ''pewit'', ''tuit'' or ''tew-it'' are [[Onomatopoeia|onomatopoeic]] and refer to the bird's characteristic call.<ref>{{cite dictionary |title=Peewit |dictionary=Dictionary.com |url=http://www.dictionary.com/browse/peewit |access-date=2 February 2018}}</ref>
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