Vanellus

Bronze Lapwing ( V. chilensis )

Lapwings (Vanellus ) are a species of bird from the family of plovers ( Charadriidae ). In Central Europe, breeds only one species of this genus, namely the European Lapwing.

Lapwings usually stay on in an open area. They generally live on the edge of lakes, rivers or wetlands. But they are also found on cultivated land as fields and meadows. They are very noisy birds. Among the most endangered species within the genus is one of the Sociable Lapwing, probably exist of which only 200 breeding pairs.

Species

  • Lapwing ( V. vanellus )
  • White vertices Lapwing ( V. albiceps )
  • Blacksmith Plover (v. armatus )
  • Cayenne Lapwing ( V. cayanus )
  • Grey-headed Lapwing ( V. cinereus )
  • Bronze Lapwing ( V. chilensis )
  • Crowned Lapwing ( V. coronatus )
  • Long toes Lapwing ( V. crassirostris )
  • River Lapwing ( V. duvaucelii )
  • Sociable Lapwing ( V. gregarius )
  • Red-wattled Lapwing ( V. indicus)
  • White-tailed Lapwing ( V. leucurus )
  • Mourning Lapwing ( V. lugubris )
  • Yellow flaps Lapwing ( V. malabaricus )
  • Strichelbrustkiebitz (v. melanocephalus )
  • Blackwing Lapwing ( V. melanopterus )
  • Mask Lapwing ( V. miles)
  • Andean Lapwing ( V. resplendens )
  • Senegal Lapwing ( V. senegallus )
  • Spornkiebitz ( V. spinosus )
  • Rotbrustkiebitz (v. superciliosus )
  • Black Crested Lapwing ( V. tectus )
  • Black belt Lapwing ( V. tricolor)

Until the 14th century lived on Madagascar has become known only by subfossil bone type Vanellus madagascariensis. Also the Java Lapwing (Vanellus macropterus ) is regarded as possibly extinct since the last reliable record from the year 1939 comes.

Northern Lapwing Masked Lapwing Black-headed Lapwing Malagasy Lapwing
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