Plovers (Charadriidae)
Crowned Lapwing (Vanellus coronatus) - HBW 3, p. 414
French: Vanneau couronné
German: Kronenkiebitz
Spanish: Avefría Coronada
Other common names: Crowned Plover
Taxonomy: Charadrius Coronatus Boddaert, 1783, Cape of Good Hope.
Sometimes placed in genus Hoplopterus or Stephanibyx. Birds from SW Angola, Namibia, Botswana, W Zimbabwe and W Transvaal may be separated as third race xerophilus, but doubtfully distinct. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- coronatus (Boddaert, 1783) - Ethiopia to South Africa; marginal in SW Somalia.
- demissus (Friedmann, 1928) - Somalia.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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bird on the ground Locality Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda (ssp coronatus)
Daniêl Jimenez 23 September 2010 1 year ago 36 sec 4.3 -
Two adult birds on the ground, calling. One partially hidden. Locality Etosha National Park, Kunene Region, Namibia
Stefan_Thiel 14 September 2010 34 weeks ago 19 sec 4.2 -
A bird on the ground, staying and walking Locality Awash National Park, Ethiopia (ssp coronatus)
Josep del Hoyo 28 November 2005 6 years ago 45 sec 4.2 -
A bird standing in the grass, preening Locality Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda (ssp coronatus)
Josep del Hoyo 4 September 2006 5 years ago 47 sec 3.8 -
An adult feeding and walking on the ground Locality Piper Pans, Central Kalahari Game Reserve, Ghanzi District, Botswana (ssp coronatus)
Philip Griffin 4 August 2000 6 years ago 23 sec 3.7 -
A bird standing in the shade cast by a telegraph pole Locality Lake Ziway, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp coronatus)
Keith Blomerley 7 April 2002 4 years ago 27 sec 3.3
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Adult Portrait
Locality Kruger National Park, South Africa
Dubi shapiro 7 October 2010 1 week ago ADDED LAST MONTH 4.2 -
An adult in the ground, with their wings open.
Locality Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park (Kalahari Gemsbok NP), Northern Cape Province, South Africa (ssp coronatus)
Carmelo López 2 December 2010 1 year ago 4.1 -
a subadult specimen
Locality Tsavo East National Park, Kenya
Marco Valentini 5 February 2012 13 weeks ago 4 -
Two juvenile birds, walking on the grass
Locality Henley on Klip, Gauteng Province, South Africa
ossewa 31 December 2011 21 weeks ago 4 -
Adult bird walking on the ground
Locality Henley on Klip, Gauteng Province, South Africa
ossewa 31 December 2011 21 weeks ago 4 -
An adult walking on the ground.
Locality Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park (Kalahari Gemsbok NP), Northern Cape Province, South Africa (ssp coronatus)
Carmelo López 2 December 2010 1 year ago 3.9
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