Crowned Lapwing
Vanellus coronatus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
- FamilyCharadriidae (Plovers and Lapwings)
- GenusVanellus (Lapwings)
- SpeciesVanellus coronatus (Crowned Lapwing)
The crowned lapwing (Vanellus coronatus), crowned plover or kiewiet (in South African English), is a bird of the lapwing subfamily that occurs contiguously from the Red Sea coast of Somalia to southern and southwestern Africa. It is an adaptable and numerous species, with bold and noisy habits. It is related to the more localized black-winged and Senegal lapwings, with which it shares some plumage characteristics. Wikipedia →
<5% of wildlife watchers report a Crowned Lapwing sighting in Garden Route National Park, based on 34 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
Closest Relatives at Garden Route National Park
Blacksmith Lapwing
Vanellus armatus
Black-winged Lapwing
Vanellus melanopterus
Common Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticula
Black-bellied Plover
Pluvialis squatarola
Greater Sandplover
Charadrius leschenaultii
American Golden-Plover
Pluvialis dominica
Dominican Gull
Larus dominicanus
African Black Oystercatcher
Haematopus moquini
Black-winged Stilt
Himantopus himantopus
Crested Tern
Thalasseus bergii
Common Greenshank
Tringa nebularia
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopus
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ 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
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Crowned Lapwing in Garden Route National Park?
About 4% of wildlife watchers report a Crowned Lapwing sighting in Garden Route National Park, based on 34 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Crowned Lapwing in Garden Route National Park?
February has the highest sighting rate for Crowned Lapwing in Garden Route National Park in our monthly data.