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- Black-winged Lapwing
bird · Charadriiformes · Charadriidae
Black-winged Lapwing
Vanellus melanopterus (Cretzschmar, 1829) — also called black-winged plover, BWLA, Blackwing Lapwing. Occurrence records of the Black-winged Lapwing are shared on GBIF from around 10 parks and reserves in the directory, most of all Tala Game Reserve entrance gate (73 records), in 4 provinces.
IUCN: Least concernCharadriidae
10reserves with records
277records around them
4provinces
LCIUCN category
Where it is recorded
| Reserve | Province | Records |
|---|---|---|
| Tala Game Reserve entrance gateNature reserve | KZN KwaZulu-Natal | 73 |
| Tala Game Reserve receptionNature reserve | KZN KwaZulu-Natal | 73 |
| King William's Town Local Authority Nature ReserveNature reserve | EC Eastern Cape | 34 |
| Greater Lakenvlei Protected EnvironmentProtected area | MP Mpumalanga | 33 |
| Middelpunt Nature ReserveProtected area | MP Mpumalanga | 33 |
| Gondwana Game ReserveGame reserve | WC Western Cape | 8 |
| Mkhambathi Nature ReserveNature reserve | EC Eastern Cape | 8 |
| Karkloof FallsNature reserve | KZN KwaZulu-Natal | 7 |
| Umvoti Vlei Nature ReserveNature reserve | KZN KwaZulu-Natal | 5 |
| Waters Meeting Nature ReserveNature reserve | EC Eastern Cape | 3 |
By province
- KwaZulu-Natal
- 4 reserves
- Eastern Cape
- 3 reserves
- Mpumalanga
- 2 reserves
- Western Cape
- 1 reserve
Taxonomy
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Charadriidae
- Scientific name
- Vanellus melanopterus
- GBIF taxon
- 5229140
- Wikidata
- Q372606
Source: GBIF.org occurrence records within the radius of each reserve's point; taxonomy and IUCN category from the GBIF backbone; photo from Wikimedia Commons, credit on the picture. Records near a reserve do not prove the species lives inside it.