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 5 years ago 28 sec 4.2 -
a few birds,2 off them mating Locality North Bank Division, The Gambia (ssp tectus)
Daniêl Jimenez 27 December 2011 3 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 24 sec 4 -
A bird walking and running Locality Farafenni, North Bank Division, The Gambia (ssp tectus)
Eldert Groenewoud 23 October 2005 4 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 4 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 5 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 5 years ago 19 sec 3.6
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A bird in a grassland
Locality Kotu, Banjul, The Gambia
Piotr Jonczyk 19 January 2009 2 years ago 4.4 -
adult in dry savannah, in couple
Locality Waza National Park, Far North Province, Cameroon
Marco Valentini 5 January 2011 50 weeks ago 4 -
A bird in a grassland
Locality Kotu, Banjul, The Gambia
kblach 19 January 2009 1 year ago 3.8 -
A bird
Locality Awash National Park, Ethiopia
raniero massoli-novelli 1 July 1999 1 year ago 3.6 -
A bird foraging on a golf-course
Locality Kotu, Banjul, The Gambia
Frank Derriks 10 November 2008 3 years ago 3.3 -
One lonely bird, after the rainfall.
Locality Tsavo West National Park, Kenya
Veikko Salo 26 December 1977 2 years ago 2.5
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