Grey-headed Lapwing
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Grey-headed Lapwing

Vanellus cinereus

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
5–10% · With luck
overall probability at Sundarbans National Park
81 Verified records at Sundarbans National Park
December Best month highest sighting rate
🌅 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 →

5–10% of wildlife watchers report a Grey-headed Lapwing sighting in Sundarbans National Park, based on 81 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

Closest Relatives at Sundarbans National Park

Red-wattled Lapwing
LC Endemic

Red-wattled Lapwing

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Vanellus indicus

5–10% · With luck
Greater Sandplover
LC

Greater Sandplover

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Charadrius leschenaultii

10–20% · With luck
Pacific Golden-Plover
LC

Pacific Golden-Plover

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Pluvialis fulva

5–10% · With luck
Kentish Plover
LC

Kentish Plover

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Charadrius alexandrinus

5–10% · With luck
Black-bellied Plover
VU

Black-bellied Plover

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Pluvialis squatarola

Insufficient data
Common Sandpiper
LC

Common Sandpiper

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Actitis hypoleucos

70–80% · Very likely
Whimbrel
LC

Whimbrel

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Numenius phaeopus

70–80% · Very likely
Eurasian Curlew
NT

Eurasian Curlew

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Numenius arquata

60–70% · Likely
Common Redshank
LC

Common Redshank

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Tringa totanus

50–60% · Likely
Little Tern
LC

Little Tern

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Sternula albifrons

20–30% · With luck
Terek Sandpiper
LC

Terek Sandpiper

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Xenus cinereus

10–20% · With luck
Brown-headed Gull

Brown-headed Gull

Bird

Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus

5–10% · With luck

📅 Monthly Probability

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

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Grey-headed Lapwing in Sundarbans National Park?

About 8% of wildlife watchers report a Grey-headed Lapwing sighting in Sundarbans National Park, based on 81 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Grey-headed Lapwing in Sundarbans National Park?

December has the highest sighting rate for Grey-headed Lapwing in Sundarbans National Park in our monthly data.

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