Lapwings
| Lapwings | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bronze lapwing ( Vanellus chilensis ) |
||||||||||
| Systematics | ||||||||||
|
||||||||||
| Scientific name | ||||||||||
| Vanellus | ||||||||||
| Linnaeus , 1758 |
Lapwings ( Vanellus ) are a genus of birds from the plover family (Charadriidae). Only one species of this genus breeds in Central Europe , namely the European lapwing .
Lapwings usually stay in open terrain. They usually live on the edge of lakes, rivers, or marshlands. But you can also find them on cultivated land such as fields and meadows. They are very noisy birds. The steppe lapwing is one of the most threatened species within the genus , of which only 200 breeding pairs are believed to exist.
species
_(4).jpg)
- White-headed lapwing ( Vanellus albiceps )
- Weapon Lapwing ( Vanellus armatus )
- Cayenne pewter ( Vanellus cayanus )
- Gray-headed Lapwing ( Vanellus cinereus )
- Bronze lapwing ( Vanellus chilensis )
- Red Lapwing ( Vanellus coronatus )
- Long-toed lapwing ( Vanellus crassirostris )
- River lapwing ( Vanellus duvaucelii )
- Steppe lapwing ( Vanellus gregarius )
- Red-lapped Lapwing ( Vanellus indicus )
- White-tailed lapwing ( Vanellus leucurus )
- Black Peacock ( Vanellus lugubris )
- Yellow lapwing ( Vanellus malabaricus )
- Red-breasted lapwing ( Vanellus melanocephalus )
- Black- winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus )
- Masked Lapwing ( Vanellus miles )
- Andenkiebitz ( Vanellus resplendens )
- Senegal picket ( Vanellus senegallus )
- Northern lapwing ( Vanellus spinosus )
- Red breasted lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus )
- Black crested lapwing ( Vanellus tectus )
- Black banded lapwing ( Vanellus tricolor )
- Lapwing ( Vanellus vanellus )
The species Vanellus madagascariensis, known only through subfossil bones, lived in Madagascar until the 14th century . The Java kibitz ( Vanellus macropterus ) is also believed to be extinct, as the last reliable record dates back to 1939.
