"Peewits redirects here. Distinguish from PWITS = \"possession with intent to supply\" (an illegal drug trade-related criminal charge.)The northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus), also known as the peewit, pewit, tuit or tew-it (imitative of its cry), green plover (emphasising the colour of the plumage) or (in the British Isles) just lapwing (which refers to its peculiar, erratic way of flying), is a bird in the plover family."@en . "Tringa vanellus (Linnaeus, 1758)" . . . . . . . . "IUCN3.1" . . "LC" . .