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User Albums Favorites www.BirdPhotos.com Genus Vanellus       IUCN and region codes at bottom of page. Species Family Scientific name Breeding Regions Breeding Subregions Nonbreeding Subregions - CHARADRIIFORMES   African Wattled Lapwing i    Charadriidae    Vanellus senegallus  AF inland Sub-Saharan Africa except (c, sw, and s)  Andean Lapwing i    Charadriidae    Vanellus resplendens  SA montane wc Colombia to ne Chile and nw Argentina  Banded Lapwing i    Charadriidae    Vanellus tricolor  AU inland Australia (except n, wc) and Tasmania  Black-headed Lapwing i    Charadriidae    Vanellus tectus  AF inland Sahel to e Africa  Black-winged Lapwing i    Charadriidae    Vanellus melanopterus  AF inland ne to se Africa  Blacksmith Lapwing i    Charadriidae    Vanellus armatus  AF inland wc Angola to sc Kenya and s to South Africa  Brown-chested Lapwing i    Charadriidae    Vanellus superciliosus  AF inland Nigeria to n DR Congo to Uganda, sw Kenya, nw Tanzania and e DR Congo  Crowned Lapwing i    Charadriidae    Vanellus coronatus  AF inland ne to s Africa  Grey-headed Lapwing i    Charadriidae    Vanellus cinereus  PAL inland Heilongjiang and Inner Mongolia (nc, ne China), Honshu to Kyushu (c, s Japan) to ne, s India, through se Asia to Malay Pen., n, s Vietnam and se China  Javan Lapwing (EX)  i    Charadriidae    Vanellus macropterus †  OR Java  Long-toed Lapwing i    Charadriidae    Vanellus crassirostris  AF inland wc, e, se Africa  Masked Lapwing i    Charadriidae    Vanellus miles  AU widespread inland New Guinea, Australia and New Zealand  Northern Lapwing (NT)  i    Charadriidae    Vanellus vanellus  PAL widespread inland temperate and subarctic Eurasia: British Isles, Scandinavia and Baltic states to Iberian Pen. e through s, c Russia to se Russia and ne China, s through Turkey and Caspian region, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, and Xinjiang and Inn to n Africa, Arabian Pen., sub-Himalayan n Pakistan and n India, c, s Japan, Korean Pen., e China, Taiwan and n Vietnam  Red-wattled Lapwing i    Charadriidae    Vanellus indicus  OR widespread e Turkey, Iraq, ne Arabian Pen., s Turkmenistan, Afghanistan to nw India and Sri Lanka, e to sw China, Malay Pen. and n, s Vietnam  River Lapwing (NT)  i    Charadriidae    Vanellus duvaucelii  OR riverine nc India to w Yunnan (sw China), Thailand to n Thai-Malay Pen. and n, s Vietnam  Senegal Lapwing i    Charadriidae    Vanellus lugubris  AF inland s Guinea and s Mali to w Nigeria; Gabon s to wc Angola, e to ne Kenya, s to far ne South Africa  Sociable Lapwing (CR)  i    Charadriidae    Vanellus gregarius  PAL inland n Kazakhstan and adjacent s Russia (formerly Ukraine to Xinjiang [nw China]) Sudan to Eritrea, Israel, Arabian Pen., c Pakistan and nw India  Southern Lapwing i    Charadriidae    Vanellus chilensis  MA, SA widespread inland, Nicaragua to s Chile and s Argentina  Spot-breasted Lapwing i U    Charadriidae    Vanellus melanocephalus  AF montane nc to sc Ethiopia  Spur-winged Lapwing i    Charadriidae    Vanellus spinosus  PAL, AF e Greece (se Europe), Turkey, Cyprus, Middle East to sw Iran and Arabian Pen.; Mauritania to Nigeria and e to Eritrea, Somalia, n in Sudan and Egypt to Nile Delta; s to Zambia and Malawi  White-crowned Lapwing i    Charadriidae    Vanellus albiceps  AF inland Senegal to Liberia and n Angola, e to w South Sudan, nw Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia to Mozambique and ne South Africa  White-tailed Lapwing i    Charadriidae    Vanellus leucurus  PAL inland c Turkey and e Azerbaijan to n Caspian Sea, s Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan and nw Afghanistan; s to n Jordan and Persian Gulf to sw Pakistan to Eritrea, n Ethiopia, Sudan; Red Sea and Persian Gulf regions, e to nw, nc India  Yellow-wattled Lapwing i    Charadriidae    Vanellus malabaricus  OR s Indus Valley (sc Pakistan), inland India to c Assam (except far n, ne), s Nepal, and Sri Lanka 86%   19 species of 23 (1 extinct).   IUCN Status Codes EX Extinct EW Extinct in the wild CR Critically Endangered EN Endangered VU Vulnerable NT Near Threatened LC Least Concern DD Data deficient NE Not evaluated LC not shown.   Breeding Range Codes AF Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara) AN Antarctica AO Atlantic Ocean AU Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, Australia, New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, the Solomons, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu) PAL Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan) IO Indian Ocean LA Latin America (Middle and South America) MA Middle America (Mexico through Panama) NA North America (includes the Caribbean) NO Northern oceans OR Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas) PO Pacific Ocean SA South America SO Southern oceans TO Temperate oceans TrO Tropical oceans Worldwide Worldwide