Plovers (Charadriidae)
White-headed Lapwing (Vanellus albiceps) - HBW 3, p. 413
French: Vanneau à tête blanche
German: Weißscheitelkiebitz
Spanish: Avefría Coroniblanca
Other common names: White-headed/White-crowned/Black-shouldered (Wattled) Plover/Lapwing
Taxonomy: Vanellus albiceps Gould, 1834, Niger River or Fernando Po.
Sometimes placed in genus Hoplopterus or in monospecific Xiphidiopterus. Monotypic.
Distribution: Senegambia and Sierra Leone E to S Sudan, and S through W & C Zaire to NW Angola; SE Tanzania; R Zambezi and S Mozambique.
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Two birds on the ground, one of them calling Locality Chobe National Park, North-West District, Botswana (Monotypic species)
Alex García · Videoaves 27 December 2007 5 years ago 30 sec 4.5 -
A bird feeding at Sunset dam (Lower Sabie) Locality Kruger National Park, South Africa
Ghislain Gosse 23 August 2011 1 year ago 26 sec 4.2 -
An individual drinking on a stream. Locality San Diego Zoo, San Diego, San Diego County, California, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 19 June 2012 34 weeks ago 28 sec 3.8 -
A bird feeding in grass Locality Kalizo Lodge, Katima Mulilo, Caprivi Region, Namibia (Monotypic species)
Keith Blomerley 11 January 2007 5 years ago 27 sec 3.8 -
A bird foraging on the ground. Locality San Diego Zoo, San Diego, San Diego County, California, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 19 June 2012 34 weeks ago 26 sec 3.5 -
An adult standing and then running along a shoreline Locality Mana Pools National Park, Mashonaland West Province, Zimbabwe (Monotypic species)
Greg Baker 11 September 1999 1 year ago 14 sec 3.3
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On the river shore.
Locality Lower Zambezi National Park, Lusaka Province, Zambia
Marco Valentini 27 August 2011 1 year ago 4.4 -
Near a pond
Locality South Luangwa National Park, Zambia
Marco Valentini 31 August 2011 1 year ago 4.3 -
Adult bird.
Locality Kruger National Park, South Africa
Martin Främke 28 March 2011 22 weeks ago 4.2 -
Parading next to the dam.
Locality Lower Sabie Camp, Kruger National Park, South Africa
Robert Erasmus 29 April 2009 2 years ago 4 -
Walking the shoreline.
Locality Lower Sabie Camp, Kruger National Park, South Africa
Robert Erasmus 29 April 2009 2 years ago 3.9 -
White headed lapwing
Locality Kruger National Park, South Africa
Daniel Grove 12 December 2012 3 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 3.8
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