Lapwings
Vanellus
Vanellus is the genus of waders which provisionally contains all lapwings except red-kneed dotterel, Erythrogonys cinctus. The name "vanellus" is Latin for "little fan", vanellus being the diminutive of vannus ("winnowing fan"). The name is in reference to the sound lapwings' wings make in flight.
25 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 23 known species
Northern Lapwing
speciesVanellus vanellus
Southern Lapwing
speciesVanellus chilensis
Masked Lapwing
speciesVanellus miles
Red-wattled Lapwing
speciesVanellus indicus
Blacksmith Lapwing
speciesVanellus armatus
Spur-winged Lapwing
speciesVanellus spinosus
Crowned Lapwing
speciesVanellus coronatus
Wattled Lapwing
speciesVanellus senegallus
Grey-headed Lapwing
speciesVanellus cinereus
Yellow-wattled Lapwing
speciesVanellus malabaricus
White-crowned Lapwing
speciesVanellus albiceps
Andean Lapwing
speciesVanellus resplendens
Long-toed Lapwing
speciesVanellus crassirostris
River Lapwing
speciesVanellus duvaucelii
White-tailed Lapwing
speciesVanellus leucurus
Banded Lapwing
speciesVanellus tricolor
Senegal Lapwing
speciesVanellus lugubris
Black-winged Lapwing
speciesVanellus melanopterus
Black-headed Lapwing
speciesVanellus tectus
Sociable Lapwing
speciesVanellus gregarius
Spot-breasted Lapwing
speciesVanellus melanocephalus
Brown-chested Lapwing
speciesVanellus superciliosus
Blacksmith × White-headed Lapwing
hybridVanellus armatus × albiceps
Javan Lapwing
speciesVanellus macropterus
Malagasy Lapwing
speciesVanellus madagascariensis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 4853.