Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellus(Linnaeus, C, 1758)
English (US) Northern Lapwing
The Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) 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 temperate and subarctic Eurasia from Scandinavia and Iberian Peninsula eastward to southeastern Russia and northeastern China; winters northern Africa eastward to Japan, Taiwan, and northern VietnamRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Vanellus vanellus
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Northern Lapwing
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1758)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Tringa Vanellus
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1758)
- Type locality
- Europe, Africa. Restricted type locality, Sweden, Hartert, antea.
- 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.148
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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