White-crowned Lapwing

Vanellus albiceps Gould, 1834 — also called White-headed Lapwing, White-crowned Plover, Black-shouldered Wattled Plover. Occurrence records of the White-crowned Lapwing are shared on GBIF from around 4 parks and reserves in the directory, most of all Makuleke (28 records).

IUCN: Least concernCharadriidae

4reserves with records

55records around them

1provinces

LCIUCN category

White-crowned Lapwing (Vanellus albiceps) — Photo: Chris Eason from London · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where it is recorded

Reserve	Province	Records
MakulekeProtected area	LP Limpopo	28
Lanner GorgeProtected area	LP Limpopo	13
Balule Nature ReserveProtected area	LP Limpopo	11
Greater Kruger National ParkNational park	LP Limpopo	3

By province

Limpopo: 4 reserves

Taxonomy

Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Charadriidae
Scientific name: Vanellus albiceps
GBIF taxon: 5229144
Wikidata: Q367317

More of the Charadriidae family

Blacksmith Lapwing Crowned Lapwing African Wattled Lapwing Three-banded Plover White-fronted Plover Kittlitz's Plover Common Ringed Plover Grey Plover Black-winged Lapwing Senegal Lapwing

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.