Grey-headed Lapwing
Vanellus cinereus(Blyth, E, 1842)
English (US) Gray-headed Lapwing
UK name: Grey-headed Lapwing
The Grey-headed Lapwing (Vanellus cinereus) 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: breeds inland northeastern China (Heilongjiang and Inner Mongolia), and central and southern Japan (Honshu to Kyushu); winters to southern and northeastern India, through southeastern Asia, Malayan Peninsula, Vietnam, and southeastern ChinaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Vanellus cinereus
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Gray-headed Lapwing
- English (UK)
- Grey-headed Lapwing
- Described by
- (Blyth, E, 1842)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Pluvianus cinereus
- Described by
- (Blyth, E, 1842)
- Type locality
- Calcutta.
- Original description
- Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 11, pt.1, no.126 p.587
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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