Plovers (Charadriidae)
Lesser Black-winged Lapwing (Vanellus lugubris) - HBW 3, p. 413
French: Vanneau terne
German: Trauerkiebitz
Spanish: Avefría Lúgubre
Other common names: Senegal Plover/Lapwing, Lesser Black-winged Plover
Taxonomy: Charadrius lugubris Lesson, 1826, Senegal.
Sometimes placed in Hoplopterus or Stephanibyx. Has been proposed to form superspecies with V. melanopterus, but not supported by behavioural or morphological data. Monotypic.
Distribution: S Mali; N of forest zone in Guinea-Bissau and Ivory Coast; coast from Sierra Leone to SW Nigeria; Gabon, W Zaire and CW Angola E to Kenya, and S through Tanzania, NE Zambia, Malawi and Mozambique to E South Africa (Natal); Zanzibar, Latham and Mafia Is.
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A pair with their two chicks foraging and walking Locality Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 4 September 2006 6 years ago 21 sec 4.7 -
A pair with two chicks walking and becoming alert Locality Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 4 September 2006 6 years ago 29 sec 4.4 -
A bird standing and walking in the grass Locality Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 4 September 2006 6 years ago 41 sec 4 -
A bird walking on a field Locality Bonamanzi Game Park, KwaZulu Natal Province, South Africa (Monotypic species)
Christian Boix Hinzen 6 July 2006 4 years ago 1 min 12 sec 3.3 -
An adult walking on the ground Locality Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya (Monotypic species)
Brooke Clibbon 17 December 2002 7 years ago 8 sec 3.2 -
walking and looking around Locality Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda (Monotypic species)
Daniêl Jimenez 22 September 2010 2 years ago 20 sec 3.2
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single bird in burned veld
Locality Gorongosa National Park, Sofala Province, Mozambique
Roland Bischoff 30 August 2009 2 years ago 3.8 -
Bird photographed on grassland near water.
Locality Mburo Lake National Park, Uganda
Tom Tarrant 1 January 2006 3 years ago 3 -
A bird standing.
Locality Arusha Region, Tanzania (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 13 October 1980 19 weeks ago 2.7
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An adult calling from an ant hill. Locality Mburo Lake National Park, Uganda
(Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 30 May 2004 16 weeks ago 4
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