Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
LC
Spur-winged Lapwing*
Id (Atlas):
Vanellus spinosus
Description (10 )
Spur-winged Lapwing
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Other Scientific Names
Hoplopterus spinosus [Cramp and Simmons (1977-1994)], Hoplopterus spinosus [AERC TAC (2003)]
Other Names (World)
Spur-winged Lapwing, Spur-winged Plover
Family
Charadriidae (Plovers)
Size
27 - 30 cm
First Described (Guide )
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Habitat
Dry ground close to fresh or saline pools, lakes, rivers, lagoons or marshes, burnt grassland, cultivated, flooded or irrigated fields, saltflats by alkaline lakes, mudflats, sandflats, beaches, dunes and coastal saltpans.
Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Côte dIvoire, Cyprus (B), Djibouti, Egypt (B), Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Greece (B), Guinea, Guinea-bissau, Iran [Islamic Republic of] (NB), Iraq (B) (NB), Israel (B), Jordan (B) (NB), Kenya, Macedonia [The Former Yugoslav Republic of] (B), Malawi (B), Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic (B), Tanzania [United Republic of], Togo, Turkey (B) (NB), Uganda, United Arab Emirates (NB), Yemen (B).
Vagrant to Angola, Bahrain, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cape Verde, Croatia (Local Name: Hrvatska), Czech Republic, Gabon, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Kuwait, Lebanon, Liberia, Malta, Montenegro, Oman, Qatar, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia (Slovak Republic), Spain (NB), Ukraine, Zambia.
Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East up R Nile to central and southern Sudan, and south of Sahara from Senegal through Nigeria to Ethiopia, and south to Uganda and Kenya.
 
Population
Estimated population is 130,000 - 800,000 (2010).
Status LC
Loss of natural and semi-natural saltmarsh habitats is the main threat.
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
Habits
Outside of the breeding season flocks of up to 15 (occasionally up to 200).
Food
Predominantly adult and larval insects. Also spiders, centipedes, millipedes and occasionally crustaceans, molluscs, small lizards, tadpoles, adult frogs, fish and seeds.
Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (98)... )
Listen to XC877567
Spur-winged Lapwing (Vanellus ) [XC877567 ]
by Stephan Risch from G\u00f6ksu deltas\u0131, Silifke, Mersin, Turkey (call)
Listen to XC700170
Spur-winged Lapwing (Vanellus ) [XC700170 ]
by Andr\u00e1s Schmidt from Al Bairat (near Al Biirat), Al Qarna, Luxor Governorate, Egypt (flight call)
Nest
A shallow natural depressions in rock or is a shallow scrape on dry bare ground or on mudflats. In solitary pairs or loose colonies.
Subspecies
Forms superspecies with River Lapwing (Vanellus duvaucelii ), with which sometimes considered conspecific.
No subspecies.
References
See References .
Files:
BirdLife International
For more information about the Spur-winged Lapwing see... BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
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