Senegal lapwing

Short description: Species of bird

The African wattled lapwing (Vanellus senegallus) is sometimes called Senegal wattled plover.

Senegal lapwing

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Aves
Order:  | Charadriiformes
Family:  | Charadriidae
Genus:  | Vanellus
Species:  |

V. lugubris

Binomial name
Vanellus lugubris

(Lesson, 1826)

Synonyms

Charadrius lugubris Lesson, 1826
Hoplopterus lugubris (Lesson, 1826)
Stephanibyx lugubris (Lesson, 1826)

The Senegal lapwing or lesser black-winged lapwing (Vanellus lugubris) is a species of bird in the family Charadriidae. It is found in Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Eswatini, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa , Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. It lives primarily in open grassy habitats.[2]

## References

1. ↑ BirdLife International (2016). "Vanellus lugubris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22694033A93434744. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22694033A93434744.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22694033/93434744. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
2. ↑ Harris, Mathew A.; Voysey, Michael D.; Jamison, Samantha-Leigh; Greve, Michelle (2019-07-17). "Changes in bird assemblages because of vegetation homogenisation in communal livestock systems". KOEDOE - African Protected Area Conservation and Science 61 (1). doi:10.4102/koedoe.v61i1.1543. ISSN 2071-0771.

## External links

* Senegal lapwing - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.

Wikidata ☰ Q972384 entry

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