Afghanistan (NB), Albania (B) (NB), Algeria, Armenia (B) (NB), Austria (B) (P), Azerbaijan (B) (NB), Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus (B) (P), Belgium (B) (NB), Bhutan, Bosnia and Herzegovina (B) (NB), Bulgaria (B) (NB), China (mainland), Croatia (Local Name: Hrvatska) (B) (NB), Cyprus (NB), Czech Republic (B) (NB) (P), Denmark (B) (NB) (P), Egypt, Estonia (B) (NB) (P), Faroe Islands (B) (NB), Finland (B) (P), France (B) (NB) (P), Georgia, Germany (B) (NB) (P), Gibraltar, Greece (B) (NB) (P), Hong Kong (China), Hungary (B) (NB), Iceland (B), India, Iran [Islamic Republic of] (B) (NB) (P), Iraq (NB), Ireland (B) (NB), Israel (NB), Italy (B) (NB) (P), Japan, Jordan (NB) (P), Kazakhstan (B), Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan (B), Laos, Latvia (B) (NB), Lebanon, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Liechtenstein (B), Lithuania (B) (NB), Luxembourg (B) (NB), Macedonia [The Former Yugoslav Republic of] (B) (NB), Malta (NB), Mauritania, Moldova [Republic of] (B) (NB) (P), Mongolia (B), Montenegro (B) (NB), Morocco, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands Antilles (B) (NB), North Korea, Norway (B) (P), Pakistan, Poland (B) (NB) (P), Portugal (B) (NB), Qatar, Romania (B) (NB) (P), Russia (Asian) (B), Russia (Central Asian) (B), Russia (European) (B) (NB) (P), Saudi Arabia, Serbia (B) (NB), Slovakia (Slovak Republic) (B) (NB), Slovenia (B) (NB) (P), South Korea, Spain (B) (NB), Sweden (B) (P), Switzerland (B) (NB), Syrian Arab Republic (NB), Taiwan (China), Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey (B) (NB), Turkmenistan (B), Ukraine (B) (NB) (P), United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom (B) (NB) (P), Uzbekistan (B), Vietnam, Yemen.
Vagrant to Anguilla, Antigua And Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Cape Verde, Dominica, Gambia, Greenland, Guadeloupe, Kenya, Martinique, Montserrat, Oman, Puerto Rico, Senegal, St Kitts And Nevis, St Lucia, St Pierre and Miquelon (NB), St Vincent and The Grenadines, Sudan, Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands, Tajikistan, Turks and Caicos Islands, USA.
Population
Estimated population is 5,200,000 - 10,000,000 (2010).
Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) [XC872209]
by Mats Olsson from Suedsee, Laupheim, Biberach, T\u00fcbingen, Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg, Germany (call)
Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) [XC803319]
by Alan Dalton from Dj\u00e4kneb\u00f6le, Ume\u00e5, V\u00e4sterbottens l\u00e4n, Sweden (call, wing beats)
Nest
A shallow scrape on the ground, slightly raised on a tussock or mound, in the open, and lined with vegetation in wet areas.
Eggs (Guide)
4; smooth, olive-buff to olive-green, heavily spotted and blotched with black or blackish-brown; pyriform. Incubation: about 27 days.
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Birds in Colour Campbell, B., 1960, Penguin Books Ltd
The Pocket Guide to Nest and Eggs Fitter, R.S.R., 1954, Collins
RSPB Handbook of British Birds Holden, P., Cleeves, T., 2002, A & C Black ISBN 0 7136 5713 8
Birds of Britain and Europe Sterry, P., et al., 2001, AA Publishing ISBN 0 7495 3068 5
The Popular Handbook of British Birds Hollom, P.A.D., 1973, H.F. & G. Witherby Ltd ISBN 0 85493 002 7