Brown-chested Lapwing
Vanellus superciliosus(Reichenow, A, 1886)
English (US) Brown-chested Lapwing
The Brown-chested Lapwing (Vanellus superciliosus) 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: range poorly known; breeds from Nigeria east (probably) to northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo; disperses west to Ghana, southward to Cameroon and southern Democratic Republic of the Congo, and eastward to western TanzaniaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Vanellus superciliosus
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Brown-chested Lapwing
- Described by
- (Reichenow, A, 1886)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Lobivanellus superciliosus
- Described by
- (Reichenow, A, 1886)
- Type locality
- Marungu, west of Lake Tanganyika.
- Original description
- Journal für Ornithologie 34, no.172 p.116
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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