Spur-winged Lapwing
Vanellus spinosus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
- FamilyCharadriidae (Plovers and Lapwings)
- GenusVanellus (Lapwings)
- SpeciesVanellus spinosus (Spur-winged Lapwing)
The spur-winged lapwing or spur-winged plover (Vanellus spinosus) is a lapwing species, one of a group of largish waders in the family Charadriidae. Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Aberdare National Park
Blacksmith Lapwing
Vanellus armatus
Crowned Lapwing
Vanellus coronatus
Black-winged Lapwing
Vanellus melanopterus
Senegal Lapwing
Vanellus lugubris
Common Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticula
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareola
African Snipe
Gallinago nigripennis
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropus
African Jacana
Actophilornis africanus
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinago
Lesser Jacana
Microparra capensis
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Spur-winged Lapwing at Aberdare National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there