Crowned Lapwing
Vanellus coronatus
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 3,988
- Most observed in
- 🇿🇦 South Africa
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The crowned lapwing (Vanellus coronatus), crowned plover or kiewiet (in South African English), is a bird of the lapwing subfamily that occurs contiguously from the Red Sea coast of Somalia to southern and southwestern Africa. It is an adaptable and numerous species, with bold and noisy habits. It is related to the more localized black-winged and Senegal lapwings, with which it shares some plumage characteristics.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Crowned lapwing”.