River Lapwing
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River Lapwing

Vanellus duvaucelii

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
10–20% · With luck
overall probability at Kaziranga National Park
427 Verified records at Kaziranga National Park
January Best month highest sighting rate
🌅 Crepuscular When it's active at dawn and dusk

The river lapwing (Vanellus duvaucelii) is a lapwing species which breeds from the Indian subcontinent eastwards to Southeast Asia. It range includes much of northern and northeastern India, and extends through Southeast Asia to Vietnam. It appears to be entirely sedentary. Formerly also called spur-winged lapwing, this name is better reserved for one of the "spur-winged plovers" of old, Vanellus spinosus of Africa, whose scientific name it literally translates. The masked lapwing of Australasia was at one time also called "spur-winged plover" (and still is in New Zealand), completing the name confusion. This species resembles the closely related spur-winged lapwing of Africa, and has sometimes been considered conspecific. Wikipedia →

10–20% of wildlife watchers report a River Lapwing sighting in Kaziranga National Park, based on 427 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

Closest Relatives at Kaziranga National Park

Red-wattled Lapwing
LC Endemic

Red-wattled Lapwing

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Vanellus indicus

50–60% · Likely
Grey-headed Lapwing
LC

Grey-headed Lapwing

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Vanellus cinereus

30–40% · Possible
Northern Lapwing
NT

Northern Lapwing

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Vanellus vanellus

20–30% · Possible
Pacific Golden-Plover
LC

Pacific Golden-Plover

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Pluvialis fulva

<5% · Rare
Kentish Plover
LC

Kentish Plover

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Charadrius alexandrinus

<5% · Rare
Bronze-winged Jacana
LC

Bronze-winged Jacana

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Metopidius indicus

40–50% · Likely
Green Sandpiper
LC

Green Sandpiper

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Tringa ochropus

30–40% · Possible
Common Greenshank
LC

Common Greenshank

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Tringa nebularia

30–40% · Possible
River Tern
VU

River Tern

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Sterna aurantia

20–30% · Possible
Common Sandpiper
LC

Common Sandpiper

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Actitis hypoleucos

20–30% · Possible
Common Snipe
LC

Common Snipe

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Gallinago gallinago

20–30% · Possible
Common Redshank
LC

Common Redshank

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Tringa totanus

20–30% · Possible

📅 Monthly Probability

20–30
Jan
20–30
Feb
20–30
Mar
10–20
Apr
10–20
May
<5
Jun
<5
Jul
<5
Aug
<5
Sep
<5
Oct
10–20
Nov
20–30
Dec

🌅 When They're Spotted

Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)

🌅Crepuscular
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

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

# Park Country Probability
1 Royal Bardia National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
50–60%
2 Chitwan National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
40–50%
3 Jim Corbett National Park 🇮🇳 India
30–40%
4 Satpura National Park 🇮🇳 India
30–40%
5 Kaziranga National Park 🇮🇳 India
10–20%
6 Namdapha National Park 🇮🇳 India
10–20%
7 Royal Manas National Park 🇧🇹 Bhutan
10–20%
8 Bandhavgarh National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
9 Ranthambore National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
10 Kanha National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
11 Langtang National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
Insufficient data
12 Khao Sok National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
Insufficient data
13 Khao Yai National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
Insufficient data
14 Kaeng Krachan National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a River Lapwing in Kaziranga National Park?

About 18% of wildlife watchers report a River Lapwing sighting in Kaziranga National Park, based on 427 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see River Lapwing in Kaziranga National Park?

January has the highest sighting rate for River Lapwing in Kaziranga National Park in our monthly data.

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