Plovers (Charadriidae)
Long-toed Lapwing (Vanellus crassirostris) - HBW 3, p. 411
French: Vanneau à ailes blanches
German: Langzehenkiebitz
Spanish: Avefría Palustre
Other common names: White-faced Lapwing, Long-toed/White-winged Plover
Taxonomy: Chettusia crassirostris Hartlaub, 1855, Nubia.
In past, commonly placed in monospecific genus Hemiparra. Races intergrade in Tanzania, SE Zaire and N Malawi, and these intermediate birds formerly separated as race hybrida. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- crassirostris (Hartlaub, 1855) - S Sudan through Uganda, E Zaire, W Kenya and Tanzania to N Malawi; W Angola; also NE Nigeria, where may not breed.
- leucopterus Reichenow, 1889 - Tanzania, SE Zaire, Zambia and Malawi to E Angola, N Botswana and NE South Africa.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Two birds resting Locality Mabamba Wetland, Uganda (ssp crassirostris)
Josep del Hoyo 26 August 2006 5 years ago 21 sec 3.9 -
A bird standing among vegetation, next to the water Locality Amboseli National Park, Kenya (ssp crassirostris)
Jean Hupperetz 30 November 2003 6 years ago 19 sec 3.9 -
A bird walking and feeding Locality Amboseli National Park, Kenya (ssp crassirostris)
Josep del Hoyo 18 August 2000 9 years ago 28 sec 3.5 -
filmed from a little boat Locality Mburo Lake National Park, Uganda (ssp crassirostris)
Daniêl Jimenez 13 September 2010 1 year ago 7 sec 3.2
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A bird in a swamp.
Locality Mabamba Wetland, Uganda
Piotr Jonczyk 5 March 2011 31 weeks ago 4.1 -
An adult in a group of four
Locality Amboseli National Park, Kenya
Marco Valentini 31 January 2012 13 weeks ago 4 -
Long-toed Lapwing in flight
Locality Botswana
ingwe24 7 October 2004 3 years ago 4 -
In a group of four
Locality Amboseli National Park, Kenya
Marco Valentini 31 January 2012 13 weeks ago 3.7 -
In a group of four
Locality Amboseli National Park, Kenya
Marco Valentini 31 January 2012 13 weeks ago 3.3 -
Feeding on lakeshore
Locality Akagera National Park, East Province, Rwanda
Jason Anderson 8 April 2010 1 year ago 3.2
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