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Wattled Lapwing

Vanellus senegallus (Linnaeus, C 1766)

The African wattled lapwing, also known as the Senegal wattled plover or simply wattled lapwing, is a large lapwing, a group of largish waders in the family Charadriidae. It is a resident breeder in most of sub-Saharan Africa outside the rainforests, although it has seasonal movements. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Charadriiformes
Family:
  Charadriidae
Genus:
   Vanellus
Scientific:
  Vanellus senegallus


Original description

Citation:
  (Linnaeus, C 1766)

Reference:
   Systema Naturae ed. 12, vol. 1, part 1

Protonym:
  Parra senegalla

Type locality:
  Senegal.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/137337#page/263/mode/1up


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  074251A39ED5AB9D

Avibase ID:
  avibase-074251A3

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/074251A3


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 176498

Geographic range:

  • Vanellus senegallus: inland sub-Saharan Africa (except Congolian forest and northwestern and southwestern arid regions) from southern Mauritania east through Eritrea and southward through northeastern South Africa
  • Vanellus senegallus senegallus: Senegambia to southern Sudan, northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, and northern Uganda
  • Vanellus senegallus major: Eritrea and Ethiopia
  • Vanellus senegallus lateralis: southern Congo and Angola to Mozambique and northeastern South Africa
English:
Wattled Lapwing
Catalan:
Fredeluga del Senegal
Czech:
čejka žlutonohá
Danish:
Savanne-lapvibe
German:
Senegalkiebitz
Spanish:
Avefría Senegalesa
Spanish (Spain):
Avefría Senegalesa
Finnish:
tuhkahyyppä
French:
Vanneau du Sénégal
Croatian:
smeđi vivak
Hungarian:
csíkosnyakú bíbic
Icelandic:
Blöðkuvepja
Italian:
Pavoncella dai bargigli
Japanese (romaji):
tosakageri
Japanese:
トサカゲリ
Lithuanian:
Senegalinė pempė
Dutch:
Lelkievit
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Stripehovudvipe
Norwegian:
Stripehodevipe
Polish:
czajka płowa
Portuguese:
abibe-carunculado
Portuguese (Portugal):
abibe-carunculado
Russian:
Сенегальский чибис
Slovak:
cíbik žltonohý
Serbian:
Smeđi resasti vivak
Swedish:
vårtvipa
Ukrainian:
Чайка сенегальська
Chinese:
黑喉麦鸡
Chinese (Traditional):
黑喉肉垂麥雞


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

African Bird Club Checklist 2004:
African Wattled Lapwing ( Vanellus senegallus) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist August 2005:
African Wattled Lapwing ( Vanellus senegallus) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist March 2007:
African Wattled Lapwing ( Vanellus senegallus) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist January 2008:
African Wattled Lapwing ( Vanellus senegallus) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist May 2009:
African Wattled Lapwing ( Vanellus senegallus) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist March 2010:
African Wattled Lapwing ( Vanellus senegallus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Wattled Lapwing ( Vanellus senegallus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Wattled Lapwing ( Vanellus senegallus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Wattled Lapwing ( Vanellus senegallus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Wattled Lapwing ( Vanellus senegallus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Wattled Lapwing ( Vanellus senegallus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Wattled Lapwing ( Vanellus senegallus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Wattled Lapwing ( Vanellus senegallus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Wattled Lapwing ( Vanellus senegallus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Wattled Lapwing ( Vanellus senegallus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Wattled Lapwing ( Vanellus senegallus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Wattled Lapwing ( Vanellus senegallus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 00:
Wattled Lapwing ( Vanellus senegallus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01:
Wattled Lapwing ( Vanellus senegallus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02:
Wattled Lapwing ( Vanellus senegallus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 03:
Wattled Lapwing ( Vanellus senegallus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 04:
Wattled Lapwing ( Vanellus senegallus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
Wattled Lapwing ( Vanellus senegallus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
Wattled Lapwing ( Vanellus senegallus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
Wattled Lapwing ( Vanellus senegallus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
Wattled Lapwing ( Vanellus senegallus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
Wattled Lapwing ( Vanellus senegallus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
Wattled Lapwing ( Vanellus senegallus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Wattled Lapwing ( Vanellus senegallus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Wattled Lapwing ( Vanellus senegallus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Wattled Lapwing ( Vanellus senegallus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Wattled Lapwing ( Vanellus senegallus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Wattled Lapwing ( Vanellus senegallus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Wattled Lapwing ( Vanellus senegallus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Wattled Lapwing ( Vanellus senegallus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Wattled Lapwing ( Vanellus senegallus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Wattled Lapwing ( Vanellus senegallus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Wattled Lapwing ( Vanellus senegallus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
Wattled Lapwing ( Vanellus senegallus) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Vanneau du Sénégal ( Vanellus senegallus) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Vanneau du Sénégal ( Vanellus senegallus) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition:
Wattled Plover ( Afribyx senegallus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021:
Wattled Lapwing ( Vanellus senegallus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022:
Wattled Lapwing ( Vanellus senegallus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023:
Wattled Lapwing ( Vanellus senegallus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2024:
Wattled Lapwing ( Vanellus senegallus) [version 1]
Clements 3rd edition:
Wattled Plover ( Vanellus senegallus) [version 1]
Clements 4th edition:
Wattled Lapwing ( Vanellus senegallus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Wattled Lapwing ( Vanellus senegallus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Wattled Lapwing ( Vanellus senegallus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
Wattled Lapwing ( Vanellus senegallus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
Wattled Lapwing ( Vanellus senegallus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
Wattled Lapwing ( Vanellus senegallus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
Wattled Lapwing ( Vanellus senegallus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
Wattled Lapwing ( Vanellus senegallus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition:
Wattled Lapwing ( Vanellus senegallus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
Wattled Lapwing ( Vanellus senegallus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
Wattled Lapwing ( Vanellus senegallus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
Wattled Lapwing ( Vanellus senegallus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
Wattled Lapwing ( Vanellus senegallus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
Wattled Lapwing ( Vanellus senegallus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
Wattled Lapwing ( Vanellus senegallus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
Wattled Lapwing ( Vanellus senegallus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
Wattled Lapwing ( Vanellus senegallus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2015:
Wattled Lapwing ( Vanellus senegallus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2016:
Wattled Lapwing ( Vanellus senegallus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2017:
Wattled Lapwing ( Vanellus senegallus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2018:
Wattled Lapwing ( Vanellus senegallus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2019:
Wattled Lapwing ( Vanellus senegallus) [version 1]
eBird version 1.50:
Wattled Lapwing ( Vanellus senegallus) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52:
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eBird version 1.53:
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eBird version 1.54:
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eBird version 1.55:
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eBird version 2015:
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eBird version 2016:
Wattled Lapwing ( Vanellus senegallus) [version 1]
eBird version 2017:
Wattled Lapwing ( Vanellus senegallus) [version 1]
eBird version 2018:
Wattled Lapwing ( Vanellus senegallus) [version 1]
eBird version 2019:
Wattled Lapwing ( Vanellus senegallus) [version 1]
eBird version 2021:
Wattled Lapwing ( Vanellus senegallus) [version 1]
eBird version 2022:
Wattled Lapwing ( Vanellus senegallus) [version 1]
eBird version 2023:
Wattled Lapwing ( Vanellus senegallus) [version 1]
eBird version 2024:
Wattled Lapwing ( Vanellus senegallus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Senegal Wattled Plover ( Vanellus senegallus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
Senegal Wattled Plover ( Vanellus senegallus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
African Wattled Lapwing ( Vanellus senegallus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
African Wattled Lapwing ( Vanellus senegallus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
African Wattled Lapwing ( Vanellus senegallus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
African Wattled Lapwing ( Vanellus senegallus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
African Wattled Lapwing ( Vanellus senegallus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
African Wattled Lapwing ( Vanellus senegallus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
African Wattled Lapwing ( Vanellus senegallus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
African Wattled Lapwing ( Vanellus senegallus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
African Wattled Lapwing ( Vanellus senegallus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
African Wattled Lapwing ( Vanellus senegallus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
African Wattled Lapwing ( Vanellus senegallus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
African Wattled Lapwing ( Vanellus senegallus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Wattled Lapwing ( Vanellus senegallus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Wattled Lapwing ( Vanellus senegallus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Wattled Lapwing ( Vanellus senegallus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Wattled Lapwing ( Vanellus senegallus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
African Wattled Lapwing ( Vanellus senegallus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
African Wattled Lapwing ( Vanellus senegallus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
African Wattled Lapwing ( Vanellus senegallus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
African Wattled Lapwing ( Vanellus senegallus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
African Wattled Lapwing ( Vanellus senegallus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
African Wattled Lapwing ( Vanellus senegallus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
African Wattled Lapwing ( Vanellus senegallus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
African Wattled Lapwing ( Vanellus senegallus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
African Wattled Lapwing ( Vanellus senegallus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
African Wattled Lapwing ( Vanellus senegallus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
African Wattled Lapwing ( Vanellus senegallus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
African Wattled Lapwing ( Vanellus senegallus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
African Wattled Lapwing ( Vanellus senegallus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
African Wattled Lapwing ( Vanellus senegallus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
African Wattled Lapwing ( Vanellus senegallus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
African Wattled Lapwing ( Vanellus senegallus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
African Wattled Lapwing ( Vanellus senegallus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
African Wattled Lapwing ( Vanellus senegallus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
African Wattled Lapwing ( Vanellus senegallus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
African Wattled Lapwing ( Vanellus senegallus) [version 1]
Morony, Bock and Farrand:
Wattled Plover ( Vanellus senegallus) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Afribyx senegallus [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Afribyx senegallus [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Afribyx senegallus [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Wattled Lapwing ( Vanellus senegallus) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
Wattled Lapwing ( Vanellus senegallus) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
Wattled Lapwing ( Vanellus senegallus) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Vanellus senegallus [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Vanellus senegallus [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

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Afrikaans: Lelkiewiet
Azerbaijani: Seneqal çökükburunu
Belarusian: Сенегальская кнігаўка
Bulgarian: Качулата калугерица
Catalan: Fredeluga del Senegal, Fredeluga senegalesa
Czech: Cejka hnedá, čejka žlutonohá
Welsh: Cornchwiglen dagellog
Danish: Savanne Lapvibe, Savanne-lapvibe
German: Senegalkiebitz, Trauerkiebitz
English: African Wattled Lapwing, African Wattled Plover, Senegal Lapwing, Senegal Plover, Senegal Wattled Lapwing, Senegal Wattled Plover, Wattled Lapwing, Wattled Plover
English, HBW: Wattled Lapwing
English (IOC): African Wattled Lapwing
English (Kenya): African Wattled Plover
English (United States): Wattled Lapwing
English (South Africa): African Wattled Lapwing
Esperanto: Bruna vanelo, Sudafrika flavbrida vanelo
Spanish: Avefría Senegalesa
Spanish (Spain): Avefría Senegalesa
Spanish (HBW): Wattled Lapwing
Estonian: kriimkiivitaja
Finnish: Tuhkahyyppä
French: Vanneau caronculé, Vanneau caronculé du Sénégal, Vanneau du Sénégal
Irish: Feadóg Sheineagálach
Galician: Avefría do Senegal
Croatian: smeđi vivak
Hungarian: csíkosnyakú bíbic
Icelandic: Blöðkuvepja
Italian: Pavoncella dai bargigli, Pavoncella del Senegal
Japanese (romaji): tosakageri
Japanese: トサカゲリ
Scientific: Afribyx senegallus, Parra senegalla, Vanellus senegallus, Vanellus senegallus senegallus, Xiphidiopterus senegallus
Lithuanian: Senegalinė pempė
Latvian: Āfrikas lēverķīvīte
Dutch: Lelkievit
Norwegian Nynorsk: Stripehovudvipe
Norwegian: Stripehodevipe
Polish: czajka plowa, czajka płowa, Czajka żałobna
Portuguese: Abibe do Senegal, Abibe-carunculado, Abibe-do-senegal
Portuguese (Portugal): Abibe-carúncula, abibe-carunculado
Rhaeto-Romance: Vanel da Senegal
Romanian: Nagâţ senegalez
Russian: Сенегальская пигалица, Сенегальский чибис
Slovak: Cíbik žltonohý
Shona: Hurekure
Serbian: Naborani vivak, Smeđi resasti vivak
Swedish: Vårtvipa
Swahili: Kiluwingozi
Turkish: Afrika kızkuşu, Senegal ibikli kızkuşu
Tsonga: Nghelekele
Ukrainian: Чайка сенегальська
Chinese: 黑喉肉垂麦鸡, 黑喉麦鸡
Chinese (Traditional): 黑喉肉垂麥雞

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