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

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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
Long-toed Lapwing in flight Locality Botswana
Philip Perry 7 October 2004 4 years ago 3.4
A bird in a wetland. Locality Tarangire National Park, Tanzania
HGhiold 26 October 2012 22 weeks ago 3.3
In a group of four Locality Amboseli National Park, Kenya
Marco Valentini 31 January 2012 1 year ago 3.3
Feeding on lakeshore Locality Akagera National Park, East Province, Rwanda
Jason Anderson 8 April 2010 2 years ago 2.9
In wetlands just outside Juba Locality Juba, Central Equatoria State, South Sudan
Smoghead 5 January 2013 19 weeks ago 2.8
Foraging on the flood plain Locality Chobe National Park, North-West District, Botswana
Lindsay Hansch 13 September 2007 2 years ago 2.8
Long-toed Lapwing foraging on the Chobe floodplain Locality Chobe National Park, North-West District, Botswana
Rhonda Hansch 13 September 2007 1 year ago 2.6
Saw it during the rainy season Locality South Kurdufan State, Sudan
Abubakr Mohammad 19 September 2010 10 weeks ago 2.5