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User Albums Favorites www.BirdPhotos.com Genus Vanellus       IUCN and region codes at bottom of page. Order Species Family Scientific name Breeding subregions Nonbreeding subregions - CHARADRIIFORMES   African Wattled Lapwing i    Charadriidae    Vanellus senegallus  AF widespread  Andean Lapwing i    Charadriidae    Vanellus resplendens  SA Colombia to nw Argentina  Banded Lapwing i    Charadriidae    Vanellus tricolor  AU sw, s, se Australia  Black-headed Lapwing i    Charadriidae    Vanellus tectus  AF e, c, w  Black-winged Lapwing i    Charadriidae    Vanellus melanopterus  AF e, se  Blacksmith Lapwing i    Charadriidae    Vanellus armatus  AF Angola to Kenya and south to South Africa  Brown-chested Lapwing i    Charadriidae    Vanellus superciliosus  AF Nigeria to n DR Congo  Crowned Lapwing i    Charadriidae    Vanellus coronatus  AF e, s  Grey-headed Lapwing i    Charadriidae    Vanellus cinereus  EU e Siberia, Japan, ne and e China  Javan Lapwing (EX)  i    Charadriidae    Vanellus macropterus †  OR Java  Long-toed Lapwing i    Charadriidae    Vanellus crassirostris  AF c, e, se  Masked Lapwing i    Charadriidae    Vanellus miles  AU widespread  Northern Lapwing i    Charadriidae    Vanellus vanellus  EU widespread  Red-wattled Lapwing i    Charadriidae    Vanellus indicus  OR widespread, also Middle East  River Lapwing (NT)  i    Charadriidae    Vanellus duvaucelii  OR nc India through Southeast Asia  Senegal Lapwing i    Charadriidae    Vanellus lugubris  AF se, c, w  Sociable Lapwing i    Charadriidae    Vanellus gregarius  EU c Asia  Southern Lapwing i    Charadriidae    Vanellus chilensis  MA, SA widespread  Spot-breasted Lapwing i U    Charadriidae    Vanellus melanocephalus  AF Ethiopia  Spur-winged Lapwing i    Charadriidae    Vanellus spinosus  EU, AF se Europe and Middle east, Mauritania to Guinea and east to Somalia, Kenya and Tanzania, north to Egypt  White-crowned Lapwing i    Charadriidae    Vanellus albiceps  AF Senegal to South Sudan and Angola; Tanzania, Zambia to Mozambique and South Africa  White-tailed Lapwing i    Charadriidae    Vanellus leucurus  EU sw Asia  Yellow-wattled Lapwing i    Charadriidae    Vanellus malabaricus  OR India 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) EU 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