Charadriiformes / Charadriidae / Vanellus

African Wattled Lapwing

Vanellus senegallus

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

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Vanellus senegallus lateralis

southern Congo and Angola to Mozambique and northeastern South Africa
Vanellus senegallus senegallus

Senegal and Gambia eastwards to Eritrea and Ethiopia and southwards to northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and northern Uganda

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.