Spur-winged Lapwing
Vanellus spinosus(Linnaeus, C, 1758)
English (US) Spur-winged Lapwing
The Spur-winged Lapwing (Vanellus spinosus) 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: Senegambia to Red Sea, northeastern Tanzania, and eastern MediterraneanRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Vanellus spinosus
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Spur-winged Lapwing
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1758)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Charadrius spinosus
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1758)
- Type locality
- Egypt.
- Original description
- Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1 p.151
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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