White-tailed Lapwing

When to see the White-tailed Lapwing

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 10 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is February, the month with the most records.

Where to see the White-tailed Lapwing

The map shades 38 countries with regular records, and 10 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Recorded as a rare visitor in Germany, Norway, Spain, Belgium, France, Finland, Netherlands, Denmark, Palestinian Territories, Sudan.

About the White-tailed Lapwing

The white-tailed lapwing or white-tailed plover is a wader in the lapwing genus. The genus name Vanellus is Medieval Latin for a lapwing and derives from vannus a winnowing fan. The specific leucurus is from Ancient Greek leukouros, "white-tailed".

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Easily confused with

Banded LapwingVanellus tricolorThe banded lapwing is a medium-sized shorebird with short dark purplish legs and a dull red tibia. White-crowned LapwingVanellus albicepsThis lapwing is unmistakable. Andean LapwingVanellus resplendensThe Andean lapwing is about 33 cm (13 in) long and weighs 193 to 230 g (6.8 to 8.1 oz).