Southern Lapwing

Subspecies (4)

• Vanellus chilensis cayennensis

  Central America from northern Honduras (and expanding northward) southward through northern South America north of the Amazon

• Vanellus chilensis chilensis

  Chile (Antofagasta southward to Chiloé Island) and Argentina (western Mendoza to Neuquén)

• Vanellus chilensis fretensis

  southern Argentina and southern Chile

• 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)