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Charadriiformes / Charadriidae / Vanellus

Black-winged Lapwing

Vanellus melanopterus

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (blwlap1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Charadriidae
Genus: Vanellus

Subspecies (2)

Vanellus melanopterus melanopterus

far southern Sudan, Eritrea, and northwestern Somalia to Ethiopia
Vanellus melanopterus minor

southwestern Kenya and northwestern Tanzania, eastern and southern South Africa (Limpopo southward to western KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, Eastern Cape, and eastern Western Cape); winters on coastal plain north to southern Mozambique

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (blwlap1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.