The Masked lapwing (Vanellus miles ) is a large, common, and conspicuous bird. It spends most of its time on the ground and has several distinctive calls. It is common in Australian fields and open land, and is known for its defensive swooping...
The Тorthern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) is a wading bird common through temperate Eurasia. The name lapwing has been variously attributed to the "lapping" sound the wings of these birds make in flight; from the irregular progress in flight due to...
The Red-wattled lapwing (Vanellus indicus) is large wader native to Asia. Like other lapwings, they are ground birds that are incapable of perching. This bird has many local names such as titahri (Hindi), titawi (Marathi), tittibha (Kannada),...
The southern lapwing (Vanellus chilensis ) is a wader in the order Charadriiformes. It is a common and widespread resident throughout South America, except in densely forested regions (e.g. most of the Amazon), the higher parts of the Andes and the...
The sociable lapwing or sociable plover (Vanellus gregarius ) is a critically endangered wader in the lapwing family of birds. The genus name is Medieval Latin for a lapwing and derives from vannus a winnowing fan. The specific gregarius is Latin...
The yellow-wattled lapwing (Vanellus malabaricus ) is a lapwing that is endemic to the Indian Subcontinent. It is found mainly on the dry plains of peninsular India and has a sharp call and is capable of fast flight. Although they do not migrate,...
The spur-winged lapwing or spur-winged plover (Vanellus spinosus ) is a lapwing species, one of a group of largish waders in the family Charadriidae.It is one of several species of wader supposed to be the "trochilus" bird said by Herodotus to have...
The blacksmith lapwing or blacksmith plover (Vanellus armatus ) is a lapwing species that occurs commonly from Kenya through central Tanzania to southern and southwestern Africa. The vernacular name derives from the repeated metallic 'tink, tink,...
The crowned lapwing (Vanellus coronatus ), or crowned plover, is a bird of the lapwing subfamily that occurs contiguously from the Red Sea coast of Somalia to southern and southwestern Africa. It is an adaptable and numerous species, with bold and...
The Javan lapwing (Vanellus macropterus ) also known as Javanese lapwing and Javanese wattled lapwing is (or was) a wader in the lapwing family.This large, long-legged wader inhabited the marshes and river deltas of Java, and possibly Sumatra and...
The white-tailed lapwing or white-tailed plover (Vanellus leucurus ) is a wader in the lapwing genus. The genus name Vanellus is Medieval Latin for a lapwing and derives from vannus a winnowing fan. The specific leucurus is from Ancient Greek...
The African wattled lapwing (Vanellus senegallus ), 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...
The grey-headed lapwing (Vanellus cinereus ) is a lapwing species which breeds in northeast China and Japan. The mainland population winters in northern Southeast Asia from northeastern India to Cambodia. The Japanese population winters, at least...
The river lapwing (Vanellus duvaucelii ) is a lapwing species which breeds from the Indian Subcontinent eastwards to Southeast Asia. It range includes much of northern and northeastern India, and extends through Southeast Asia to Vietnam. It appears...
The black-headed lapwing or black-headed plover (Vanellus tectus ) is a large lapwing, a group of largish waders in the family Charadriidae. It is a resident breeder across sub-Saharan Africa from Senegal to Ethiopia, although it has seasonal...
The banded lapwing (Vanellus tricolor ) is a small to medium-sized shorebird, found in small parties or large flocks on bare ground in open grasslands, agricultural land and open savannah. It is native to Australia and in the past considered as a...
The long-toed lapwing (Vanellus crassirostris ) is a species of bird in the family Charadriidae.It is found in Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria,...
The black-winged lapwing or greater black-winged lapwing (Vanellus melanopterus ) is an east African species that is found from the Ethiopian highlands in the north to central Kenya (race V. m. melanopterus ), and again at middle to coastal...
The white-crowned lapwing, white-headed lapwing, white-headed plover or white-crowned plover (Vanellus albiceps ) is a medium-sized wader. It is resident throughout tropical Africa, usually near large rivers.
The Senegal lapwing or lesser black-winged lapwing (Vanellus lugubris ) is a species of bird in the family Charadriidae.It is found in Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Eswatini, Gabon,...
The Andean lapwing (Vanellus resplendens ) is a species of bird in the family Charadriidae.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, rivers,...
The spot-breasted lapwing (Vanellus melanocephalus ) is a species of bird in the family Charadriidae. It is endemic to the Ethiopian highlands.A chunky lapwing of the Ethiopian highlands. Note the black cap, white eyebrow, black throat, and coarse...
The brown-chested lapwing (Vanellus superciliosus ) is a species of bird in the family Charadriidae.It resides year-round in a narrow strip of land from southwestern Nigeria to northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo; its wintering range...
The Malagasy lapwing (Vanellus madagascariensis ) is an extinct type of wader/shorebird, in the lapwing family.