Spot-breasted Lapwing (Vanellus melanocephalus) | Photos, Calls and ID

Least ConcernEndemicInvertebratesGrasslandScrapeMedium · 214 g

Spot-breasted Lapwing (Vanellus melanocephalus), photo 1 — Photo: Manuel Schwarz · CC BY 4.0

Spot-breasted Lapwing (Vanellus melanocephalus), photo 2 — Photo: Manuel Schwarz · CC BY 4.0

Spot-breasted Lapwing (Vanellus melanocephalus), photo 3 — Photo: Brian Henderson · CC BY 4.0

Spot-breasted Lapwing (Vanellus melanocephalus), photo 4 — Photo: Brian Henderson · CC BY 4.0

Spot-breasted Lapwing (Vanellus melanocephalus), photo 5 — Photo: Rafael Medina · CC BY 4.0

Spot-breasted Lapwing (Vanellus melanocephalus), photo 6 — Photo: desertnaturalist · CC BY 4.0

Spot-breasted Lapwing (Vanellus melanocephalus), photo 7 — Photo: Impr. impériale · Public domain

Spot-breasted Lapwing (Vanellus melanocephalus), photo 8 — Photo: Panckoucke, C. L. F. (Charles Louis Fleury), 1780-1844 France. Commission des sciences et arts d'Egypte · Public domain

Spot-breasted Lapwing (Vanellus melanocephalus), photo 9 — Photo: (c) Brian Henderson, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Spot-breasted Lapwing (Vanellus melanocephalus), photo 10 — Photo: (c) Rafael Medina, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

About the Spot-breasted Lapwing

The spot-breasted lapwing, also known as the spot-breasted plover, is a species of bird in the family Charadriidae. It is endemic to the Ethiopian Highlands. There are no known subspecies of the bird.

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Where the Spot-breasted Lapwing lives

Regular range

Ethiopia

When to see the Spot-breasted Lapwing

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Peak activity in November · a variable species across most of its range

Easily confused with

Brown-chested LapwingVanellus superciliosusThe brown-chested lapwing, also brown-chested wattled plover, is a species of bird in the family Charadriidae.

Sociable LapwingVanellus gregariusThis medium-sized lapwing has longish black legs and a short black bill.

Black-headed LapwingVanellus tectusThe black-headed lapwing or black-headed plover is a large lapwing, a group of largish waders in the family Charadriidae.

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