Birds of the World

    CHARADRIIFORMES: Charadriidae (Plovers)  
Genus: Vanellus (23 species)


White-crowned Lapwing
White-crowned Lapwing (Vanellus albiceps)
Range: AF: inland Senegal to Liberia and n Angola, e to w South Sudan, nw Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia to Mozambique and ne South Africa
Wassadou, Senegal  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info

White-crowned Lapwing
White-crowned Lapwing (Vanellus albiceps)
Range: AF: inland Senegal to Liberia and n Angola, e to w South Sudan, nw Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia to Mozambique and ne South Africa
South Africa  
 
Photograph by Graham Searll   © All Rights Reserved.


Blacksmith Lapwing
Blacksmith Lapwing (Vanellus armatus)
Range: AF: inland wc Angola to sc Kenya and s to South Africa
South Africa  
 
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.



Southern Lapwing
Southern Lapwing (Vanellus chilensis cayennensis)
Range: MA, SA: widespread inland, Nicaragua to s Chile and s Argentina
Manizales, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Vocal, and found in pairs or small groups in open fields, where it is expanding its range with deforestation.
In flight.
A nest hidden in the open with three eggs.
On nest.
Juvenile.

Grey-headed Lapwing
Grey-headed Lapwing (Vanellus cinereus) Immature
Range: PAL: inland Heilongjiang and Inner Mongolia (nc, ne China), Honshu to Kyushu (c, s Japan)
Bidor, Malaysia  
 
Photograph by Wokoti   © All Rights Reserved.


Crowned Lapwing
Crowned Lapwing (Vanellus coronatus)
Range: AF: inland ne to s Africa
Mikumi National Park, Tanzania  
 
Photograph by Muhammad Mahdi Karim     Copyright and usage info


Long-toed Lapwing
Long-toed Lapwing (Vanellus crassirostris)
Range: AF: inland wc, e, se Africa
Mabamba Swamp, Entebbe, Uganda  
 
Photograph by Bruno Conjeaud   © All Rights Reserved.


River Lapwing
River Lapwing (Vanellus duvaucelii) Near Threatened
Range: OR: riverine nc India to w Yunnan (sw China), Thailand to n Thai-Malay Pen. and n, s Vietnam
Corbett National Park, India  
 
Photograph by Francesco Veronesi     Copyright and usage info


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Sociable Lapwing (Vanellus gregarius) Critically Endangered
Range: PAL: inland n Kazakhstan and adjacent s Russia (formerly Ukraine to Xinjiang [nw China])
 



Red-wattled Lapwing
Red-wattled Lapwing (Vanellus indicus atronuchalis)
Range: OR: widespread e Turkey, Iraq, ne Arabian Pen., s Turkmenistan, Afghanistan to nw India and Sri Lanka, e to sw China, Malay Pen. and n, s Vietnam
Laem Phak Bia, Ban Laem, Phetchaburi, Thailand  
 
Photograph by JJ Harrison     Copyright and usage info


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White-tailed Lapwing (Vanellus leucurus)
Range: PAL: inland c Turkey and e Azerbaijan to n Caspian Sea, s Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan and nw Afghanistan; s to n Jordan and Persian Gulf to sw Pakistan
 



Senegal Lapwing
Senegal Lapwing (Vanellus lugubris)
Range: AF: inland s Guinea and s Mali to w Nigeria; Gabon s to wc Angola, e to ne Kenya, s to far ne South Africa
Kruger National Park, South Africa  
 
Photograph by Bernie DUPONT     Copyright and usage info


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Javan Lapwing (Vanellus macropterus) Critically Endangered
Range: OR: Java
 



Yellow-wattled Lapwing
Yellow-wattled Lapwing (Vanellus malabaricus)
Range: OR: s Indus Valley (sc Pakistan), inland India to c Assam (except far n, ne), s Nepal, and Sri Lanka
Yala National Park, Sri Lanka  
 
Photograph by Rainbirder (Steve Garvie)     Copyright and usage info


Spot-breasted Lapwing
Spot-breasted Lapwing (Vanellus melanocephalus)
Range: AF: montane nc to sc Ethiopia
Sanetti Plateau, Ethiopia  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info


Black-winged Lapwing
Black-winged Lapwing (Vanellus melanopterus)
Range: AF: inland ne to se Africa
Plettenberg Bay, South Africa  
 
Photograph by Graham Searll   © All Rights Reserved.


Masked Lapwing
Masked Lapwing (Vanellus miles novaehollandiae)
Range: AU: widespread inland New Guinea, Australia and New Zealand
Newstead, Victoria, Australia  
 
Photograph by Patrick Kavanagh     Copyright and usage info


Andean Lapwing
Andean Lapwing (Vanellus resplendens)
Range: SA: montane wc Colombia to ne Chile and nw Argentina
Cuzco, Peru  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Found from 3000m to 4500m.

African Wattled Lapwing
African Wattled Lapwing (Vanellus senegallus lateralis)
Range: AF: inland Sub-Saharan Africa except (c, sw, and s)
Johannesburg, South Africa  
 
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

African Wattled Lapwing
African Wattled Lapwing (Vanellus senegallus lateralis)
Range: AF: inland Sub-Saharan Africa except (c, sw, and s)
Johannesburg, South Africa  
 
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Spur-winged Lapwing
Spur-winged Lapwing (Vanellus spinosus)
Range: PAL, AF: e Greece (se Europe), Turkey, Cyprus, Middle East to sw Iran and Arabian Pen.; Mauritania to Nigeria and e to Eritrea, Somalia, n in Sudan and Egypt to Nile Delta; s to Zambia and Malawi
Kenya  
 
Photograph by Rainbirder (Steve Garvie)     Copyright and usage info


Brown-chested Lapwing
Brown-chested Lapwing (Vanellus superciliosus)
Range: AF: inland Nigeria to n DR Congo
Lake Mburo NP, Uganda  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info


Black-headed Lapwing
Black-headed Lapwing (Vanellus tectus latifrons)
Range: AF: inland Sahel to e Africa
Coast, Kenya  
 
Photograph by Rainbirder (Steve Garvie)     Copyright and usage info


Banded Lapwing
Banded Lapwing (Vanellus tricolor)
Range: AU: inland Australia (except n, wc) and Tasmania
Gretna, Tasmania, Australia  
 
Photograph by JJ Harrison     Copyright and usage info

Banded Lapwing
Banded Lapwing (Vanellus tricolor) Juvenile
Range: AU: inland Australia (except n, wc) and Tasmania
Gretna, Tasmania, Australia  
 
Photograph by JJ Harrison     Copyright and usage info


Northern Lapwing
Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) Near Threatened
Range: PAL: widespread inland temperate and subarctic Eurasia: British Is., Scandinavia and Baltic states to Iberian Pen. e through s, c Russia to se Russia and ne China, s through Turkey and Caspian region, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, and Xinjiang and Inner
Warm See, Nezider, Hungary  
   
Photograph by Andrej Chudy     Copyright and usage info



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