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 →
5–10% of wildlife watchers report a Northern Lapwing sighting in Gauja National Park, based on 35 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
Closest Relatives at Gauja National Park
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatus
Little Tern
Sternula albifrons
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundus
Common Gull
Larus canus
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropus
Eurasian Woodcock
Scolopax rusticola
Common Tern
Sterna hirundo
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareola
Jack Snipe
Lymnocryptes minimus
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinago
Common Greenshank
Tringa nebularia
📅 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 Northern Lapwing in Gauja National Park?
About 6% of wildlife watchers report a Northern Lapwing sighting in Gauja National Park, based on 35 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Northern Lapwing in Gauja National Park?
April has the highest sighting rate for Northern Lapwing in Gauja National Park in our monthly data.