Birds of the World


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


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
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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 (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
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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 (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
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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
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Spot-breasted Lapwing (Vanellus melanocephalus) Range: AF: montane nc to sc Ethiopia Sanetti Plateau, Ethiopia
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Black-winged Lapwing (Vanellus melanopterus) Range: AF: inland ne to se Africa Plettenberg Bay, South Africa
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Masked Lapwing (Vanellus miles novaehollandiae) Range: AU: widespread inland New Guinea, Australia and New Zealand Newstead, Victoria, Australia
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Andean Lapwing (Vanellus resplendens) Range: SA: montane wc Colombia to ne Chile and nw Argentina Cuzco, Peru
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Found from 3000m to 4500m.


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 (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 (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
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Brown-chested Lapwing (Vanellus superciliosus) Range: AF: inland Nigeria to n DR Congo Lake Mburo NP, Uganda
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Black-headed Lapwing (Vanellus tectus latifrons) Range: AF: inland Sahel to e Africa Coast, Kenya
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Banded Lapwing (Vanellus tricolor) Range: AU: inland Australia (except n, wc) and Tasmania Gretna, Tasmania, Australia
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Banded Lapwing (Vanellus tricolor) Juvenile Range: AU: inland Australia (except n, wc) and Tasmania Gretna, Tasmania, Australia
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Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) Near Threatened Range: PAL: widespread inland temperate and subarctic Eurasia: British Isles, 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 Inn Warm See, Nezider, Hungary
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