Habitat
Dry, moist or marshy grasslands, mudflats, saltflats and flood-plains around freshwater or saline lagoons, lakes, dams, water-holes, rivers, marshes, swamps, saltpans and estuaries. During the non-breeding season flocks may also congregate around sewage farms.
Blacksmith Lapwing (Vanellus armatus) [XC834126]
by Marc Anderson from Limpopo River, Botswana (call)
Blacksmith Lapwing (Vanellus armatus) [XC523632]
by Jorge de Leon Cardozo & Susan Hochgraf from Swara Plains Conservancy, Lukenya, Machakos County, Kenya (alarm call)
Nest
A shallow scrape or depression placed on bare ground or in short grass very close to water. In solitary, territorial pairs.