Red-wattled Lapwing

Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus is a common Asian species and was seen and heard on most days which we spent in Thailand on tour. We found this bird on a small pond along with two others of the same species. Its familiar call did he, did he do it is often heard at dawn.

Red-wattled Lapwing breeds from West Asia (Iraq, SW Iran, the Arabian/Persian Gulf) eastwards across South Asia (Baluchistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, the entire Indian subcontinent up to Kanyakumari and up to 1800m in Kashmir/Nepal), with another sub-species further east in South-east Asia. May migrate altitudinally in spring and autumn (e.g. in N. Baluchistan or NW Pakistan), and spreads out widely in the monsoons on creation of requisite habitats, but by and large the populations are resident. This species is declining in its western range, but is abundant in much of South Asia, being seen at almost any wetland habitat in its range.

Reference: Wikipedia