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 6 years ago 21 sec 3.8 -
A bird walking and feeding Locality Amboseli National Park, Kenya (ssp crassirostris)
Josep del Hoyo 18 August 2000 10 years ago 28 sec 3.3 -
A bird standing among vegetation, next to the water Locality Amboseli National Park, Kenya (ssp crassirostris)
Jean Hupperetz 30 November 2003 7 years ago 19 sec 3.2 -
filmed from a little boat Locality Mburo Lake National Park, Uganda (ssp crassirostris)
Daniêl Jimenez 13 September 2010 2 years ago 7 sec 3.2 -
A bird feeding in a swamp Locality Akagera National Park, East Province, Rwanda
Pascal Vagner 3 March 2013 7 weeks ago 14 sec 2.5
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A bird in a swamp.
Locality Mabamba Wetland, Uganda
Piotr Jonczyk 5 March 2011 1 year ago 4.2 -
A bird on the swamp
Locality Mabamba Wetland, Uganda
Krzysztof Blachowiak 12 February 2011 35 weeks ago 4 -
An adult in a group of four
Locality Amboseli National Park, Kenya
Marco Valentini 31 January 2012 1 year ago 3.9 -
Two adult birds.
Locality Tilgate Nature Centre, Crawley, West Sussex, England, Great Britain
Tomasz Doroń 19 May 2012 17 weeks ago 3.7 -
In a group of four
Locality Amboseli National Park, Kenya
Marco Valentini 31 January 2012 1 year ago 3.7 -
Two birds
Locality Mabamba Wetland, Uganda
Arti 26 November 2012 22 weeks ago 3.6
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