Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
- FamilyCharadriidae (Plovers and Lapwings)
- GenusVanellus (Lapwings)
- SpeciesVanellus vanellus (Northern Lapwing)
The northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus), also known as the peewit or pewit, tuit or tewit, green plover, or (in Ireland and Great Britain) pyewipe or just lapwing, is a bird in the lapwing subfamily. It is common through temperate Eurosiberia. Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Chitwan National Park
Red-wattled Lapwing
Vanellus indicus
River Lapwing
Vanellus duvaucelii
Grey-headed Lapwing
Vanellus cinereus
Yellow-wattled Lapwing
Vanellus malabaricus
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinus
Pacific Golden-Plover
Pluvialis fulva
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropus
Common Greenshank
Tringa nebularia
Bronze-winged Jacana
Metopidius indicus
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
Small Pratincole
Glareola lactea
Temminck's Stint
Calidris temminckii
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Northern Lapwing at Chitwan 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