Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)] |
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Black-headed Lapwing* |
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Vanellus tectus |
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Description (10)
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Black-headed Lapwing
© flickr.com
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Other Scientific Names
Hoplopterus tectus [Cramp and Simmons (1977-1994)], Hoplopterus tectus [AERC TAC (2003)]
Other Names (World)
Black-headed Lapwing, Black-headed Plover, Blackhead Plover, Crested Wattled Plover
Family
Charadriidae (Plovers)
Size
25 cm
First Described (Guide)
(Boddaert, 1783)
Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Côte dIvoire, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-bissau, Kenya, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania [United Republic of], Togo, Uganda.
Vagrant to Israel, Jordan.
Population
Estimated population is 26,000 - 1,000,000 (2010).
Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (18)...)
Black-headed Lapwing (Vanellus tectus) [XC396424]
by Peter Boesman from border region north of Suam, Kenya (call)
Black-headed Lapwing (Vanellus tectus) [XC659530]
by Bram Piot from University Campus, Maiduguri, Borno, Nigeria (alarm call, call, song)
Subspecies
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
- tectus (Boddaert, 1783) - Southern Mauritania and Senegal to Ethiopia, Uganda and Kenya.
- latifrons (Reichenow, 1881) - Southern Somalia to eastern Kenya.
References
See References.
Files:
BirdLife International
For more information about the Black-headed Lapwing see... BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
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