Southern Lapwing
Vanellus chilensis
IUCN: Least Concern
Taxonomy
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Charadriidae
- Genus
- Vanellus
- eBird Code
- soulap1
Subspecies (4)
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Vanellus chilensis cayennensis
Central America from northern Honduras (and expanding northward) southward through northern South America north of the Amazon
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Vanellus chilensis chilensis
Chile (Antofagasta southward to Chiloé Island) and Argentina (western Mendoza to Neuquén)
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Vanellus chilensis fretensis
southern Argentina and southern Chile
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Vanellus chilensis lampronotus
south of the Amazon River and east of the Andes to southern Uruguay and central Argentina (La Pampa and southern Buenos Aires)
Data Sources
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.