Grey-headed Lapwing
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Grey-headed Lapwing

Vanellus cinereus

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
Insufficient data
overall probability at Royal Bardia National Park
2 Verified records at Royal Bardia National Park
🌅 Crepuscular When it's active at dawn and dusk

The grey-headed lapwing (Vanellus cinereus) is a lapwing species which breeds in northeast China and Japan. The mainland population winters in northern Southeast Asia from northeastern India to Cambodia. The Japanese population winters, at least partially, in southern Honshū. This species has occurred as a vagrant in Russia, the Philippines, Indonesia, New South Wales, Australia, Telangana and Sri Lanka, as well as Sweden and England. Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Royal Bardia National Park

Red-wattled Lapwing
LC Endemic

Red-wattled Lapwing

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Vanellus indicus

50–60% · Likely
River Lapwing
NT

River Lapwing

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Vanellus duvaucelii

50–60% · Likely
Common Greenshank
LC

Common Greenshank

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Tringa nebularia

30–40% · Possible
Green Sandpiper
LC

Green Sandpiper

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Tringa ochropus

20–30% · Possible
Common Sandpiper
LC

Common Sandpiper

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Actitis hypoleucos

20–30% · Possible
Temminck's Stint
LC

Temminck's Stint

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Calidris temminckii

5–10% · With luck
Bronze-winged Jacana
LC

Bronze-winged Jacana

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Metopidius indicus

5–10% · With luck
Common Redshank
LC

Common Redshank

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Tringa totanus

<5% · Rare
Indian Thick-knee
LC

Indian Thick-knee

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Burhinus indicus

<5% · Rare
Black-winged Stilt
LC

Black-winged Stilt

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Himantopus himantopus

Insufficient data
Greater Painted-Snipe
LC

Greater Painted-Snipe

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Rostratula benghalensis

Insufficient data
Wood Sandpiper
LC

Wood Sandpiper

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Tringa glareola

Insufficient data

📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of Grey-headed Lapwing at Royal Bardia National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.

🌅 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 Kaziranga National Park 🇮🇳 India
30–40%
2 Sundarbans National Park 🇮🇳 India
5–10%
3 Keoladeo National Park 🇮🇳 India
5–10%
4 Chitwan National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
<5%
5 Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park 🇲🇳 Mongolia
<5%
6 Kaeng Krachan National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
<5%
7 Doi Inthanon National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
<5%
8 Khao Yai National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
<5%
9 Kanha National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
10 Khao Luang National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
Insufficient data
11 Cuc Phuong National Park 🇻🇳 Vietnam
Insufficient data
12 Royal Bardia National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
Insufficient data
13 Royal Manas National Park 🇧🇹 Bhutan
Insufficient data
14 Cat Tien National Park 🇻🇳 Vietnam
Insufficient data
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