Black-winged Lapwing
Vanellus melanopterus
IUCN: Least Concern
Taxonomy
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Charadriidae
- Genus
- Vanellus
- eBird Code
- blwlap1
Subspecies (2)
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Vanellus melanopterus melanopterus
far southern Sudan, Eritrea, and northwestern Somalia to Ethiopia
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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
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.