Blacksmith Lapwing
Vanellus armatus(Burchell, WJ, 1822)
English (US) Blacksmith Lapwing
The Blacksmith Lapwing (Vanellus armatus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Charadriidae (Plovers and Lapwings) in the order Charadriiformes.
Range: inland west-central Angola to south-central Kenya and southward to South AfricaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Vanellus armatus
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Blacksmith Lapwing
- Described by
- (Burchell, WJ, 1822)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Charadrius armatus
- Described by
- (Burchell, WJ, 1822)
- Type locality
- Klaarwater [= Griquatown], Cape Province.
- Original description
- Travels in the interior of Southern Africa 1 p.501,note
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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