Plovers (Charadriidae)
Black-headed Lapwing (Vanellus tectus) - HBW 3, p. 412
French: Vanneau à tête noire
German: Schwarzschopfkiebitz
Spanish: Avefría Coletuda
Other common names: Black-headed/Blackhead/Crested Wattled Plover
Taxonomy: Charadrius tectus Boddaert, 1783, Senegal.
Sometimes placed in Hoplopterus, Lobivanellus or monospecific Sarciophorus. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- tectus (Boddaert, 1783) - S Mauritania and Senegal to Ethiopia, Uganda and Kenya.
- latifrons (Reichenow, 1881) - S Somalia to E Kenya.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird pecking dried mud off a fallen branch to get to ants. Locality Afar Plains, Afar Region, Ethiopia (ssp tectus)
Josep del Hoyo 27 November 2005 7 years ago 28 sec 4.5 -
a few birds,2 off them mating Locality North Bank Division, The Gambia (ssp tectus)
Daniêl Jimenez 27 December 2011 1 year ago 24 sec 4.2 -
A bird walking and running Locality Farafenni, North Bank Division, The Gambia (ssp tectus)
Eldert Groenewoud 23 October 2005 5 years ago 20 sec 4 -
A bird in a grassland, feeding Locality Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda (ssp tectus)
Josep del Hoyo 29 August 2006 6 years ago 26 sec 3.9 -
A bird feeding on ants from a fallen branch and the ground. Locality Afar Plains, Afar Region, Ethiopia (ssp tectus)
Josep del Hoyo 27 November 2005 7 years ago 33 sec 3.9 -
A bird fluffing its plumage and walking. Locality Afar Plains, Afar Region, Ethiopia (ssp tectus)
Josep del Hoyo 27 November 2005 7 years ago 19 sec 3.6
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adult in dry savannah, in couple
Locality Waza National Park, Far North Province, Cameroon
Marco Valentini 5 January 2011 2 years ago 4.2 -
A bird in a grassland
Locality Kotu, Banjul, The Gambia
Piotr Jonczyk 19 January 2009 3 years ago 4.2 -
abird on the ground
Locality Sudan
mohammmmad alamin khogaly... 6 weeks ago 4 -
Adult breeding
Locality Kotu Sewage Ponds, Kotu, Banjul, The Gambia
Paul Cools 13 July 2012 29 weeks ago 4 -
a pair at sunset
Locality Tsavo East National Park, Kenya
Marco Valentini 5 February 2012 1 year ago 4 -
A bird in a grassland
Locality Kotu, Banjul, The Gambia
Krzysztof Blachowiak 19 January 2009 3 years ago 4
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