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Charadriiformes / Charadriidae / Vanellus

Black-headed Lapwing

Vanellus tectus

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (blhlap1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Charadriidae
Genus: Vanellus

Subspecies (2)

Vanellus tectus latifrons

southern Somalia to eastern Kenya and north-central Tanzania
Vanellus tectus tectus

southwestern Mauritania southward to Guinea-Bissau, eastward to Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Uganda

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (blhlap1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.