Senegal Lapwing
Vanellus lugubris(Lesson, RP, 1826)
English (US) Senegal Lapwing
The Senegal Lapwing (Vanellus lugubris) 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: savanna of sub-Saharan AfricaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Vanellus lugubris
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Senegal Lapwing
- Described by
- (Lesson, RP, 1826)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Charadrius lugubris
- Described by
- (Lesson, RP, 1826)
- Type locality
- Locality unknown = Senegal, designated by Grant, Ibis, 1915, p. 56.
- Original description
- Dictionnaire des sciences naturelles, dans lequel on traite méthodiquement des différens êtres de la nature, considérés soit en eux-mêmes, d'après l'état actuel de nos connoissances, soit relativement à l'utilité qu'en peuvent retirer la médecine, l'agriculture, le commerce et les arts. Suivi d'une biographie des plus célèbres naturalistes ...Par plusieurs professeurs du Jardin du Roi, et des principales écoles de Paris 42 p.36
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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