Masked Lapwing
Vanellus miles
IUCN: Not Evaluated
Taxonomy
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Charadriidae
- Genus
- Vanellus
- eBird Code
- maslap1
Vocalizations
Pete Woodall · CC_BY_4_0
A Emmerson · CC_BY_4_0
Subspecies (2)
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Vanellus miles miles
New Guinea including Aru Islands, and northern Australia
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Vanellus miles novaehollandiae
coastal southwestern Australia, coastal and inland southeastern Australia including Tasmania, and North, South, Stewart, and Chatham islands INew Zealand; self-colonized in 1930s)
Data Sources
Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.