Avibase: Vanellus malabaricus (Yellow-wattled Lapwing)

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Yellow-wattled Lapwing

Vanellus malabaricus (Boddaert, P 1783)

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Partial list of sound recordings available from xeno-canto & macaulaylibrary.org.

Species name	Recordist	Date	Location	Remarks	Cat.nr.
Yellow-wattled Lapwing - Vanellus malabaricus	Vyom Vyas	2025-03-09	, Porbandar (India)	-	638937204 macaulaylibrary.org
Yellow-wattled Lapwing - Vanellus malabaricus	Frank Lambert	2014-01-18	East of Bhuj, Kutch, Gujarat (approx location), Kachchh (India) (110 m)	flight call - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	165859 xeno-canto.org
Yellow-wattled Lapwing - Vanellus malabaricus	RAVEESHA H N	2021-08-07	Dharmayyanahundi village T Narasipura taluk, Mysore, Karnataka, India, Mysore (India)	-	359531881 macaulaylibrary.org
Yellow-wattled Lapwing - Vanellus malabaricus	Mahendra Hegde	2025-12-31	, East Godavari (former) (India)	-	647886575 macaulaylibrary.org
Yellow-wattled Lapwing - Vanellus malabaricus	Karthik Thrikkadeeri	2024-11-18	, Rangareddy (India)	-	628196798 macaulaylibrary.org
Yellow-wattled Lapwing - Vanellus malabaricus	Vikrant Prabhulkar	2025-06-07	, Ratnagiri (India)	-	637232444 macaulaylibrary.org
Yellow-wattled Lapwing - Vanellus malabaricus	Ashwini Bhatia	2026-04-30	, Kangra (India)	-	656260861 macaulaylibrary.org
Yellow-wattled Lapwing - Vanellus malabaricus	Mahendra Hegde	2025-12-31	, East Godavari (former) (India)	-	647886576 macaulaylibrary.org
Yellow-wattled Lapwing - Vanellus malabaricus	Kavi Nanda	2026-07-04	, Gurgaon (former) (India)	-	660783224 macaulaylibrary.org
Yellow-wattled Lapwing - Vanellus malabaricus	JISHNU K	2021-07-02	Karippal para, Kannur, Kerala, India, Kannur (India)	-	352435651 macaulaylibrary.org
Yellow-wattled Lapwing - Vanellus malabaricus	Mahendra Hegde	2025-04-23	, East Godavari (former) (India)	-	634261122 macaulaylibrary.org
Yellow-wattled Lapwing - Vanellus malabaricus	viral joshi	2019-04-12	Thebi dem Amreli, Amreli, Gujarat, India, Amreli (India)	-	152541301 macaulaylibrary.org
Yellow-wattled Lapwing - Vanellus malabaricus	Vikrant Prabhulkar	2025-06-28	, Ratnagiri (India)	-	638183972 macaulaylibrary.org
Yellow-wattled Lapwing - Vanellus malabaricus	Vikrant Prabhulkar	2025-06-07	, Ratnagiri (India)	-	637232443 macaulaylibrary.org
Yellow-wattled Lapwing - Vanellus malabaricus	Madhavi Babtiwale	2026-04-10	, Pune (India)	-	654676750 macaulaylibrary.org
Yellow-wattled Lapwing - Vanellus malabaricus	Arun Prabhu	2023-11-18	, Udupi (India)	-	611260740 macaulaylibrary.org
Yellow-wattled Lapwing - Vanellus malabaricus	Abhijeet Avate	2024-03-25	, Pune (India)	-	616465523 macaulaylibrary.org
Yellow-wattled Lapwing - Vanellus malabaricus	Vyom Vyas	2025-03-09	, Porbandar (India)	-	638937263 macaulaylibrary.org
Yellow-wattled Lapwing - Vanellus malabaricus	RAVEESHA H N	2021-08-07	Dharmayyanahundi village T Narasipura taluk, Mysore, Karnataka, India, Mysore (India)	-	359531781 macaulaylibrary.org
Yellow-wattled Lapwing - Vanellus malabaricus	Vikrant Prabhulkar	2025-06-28	, Ratnagiri (India)	-	638183971 macaulaylibrary.org
Yellow-wattled Lapwing - Vanellus malabaricus	Madhavi Babtiwale	2025-05-05	, Pune (India)	-	635096617 macaulaylibrary.org
Yellow-wattled Lapwing - Vanellus malabaricus	Sujith S	2023-06-23	, Kozhikode (India)	-	589025981 macaulaylibrary.org
Yellow-wattled Lapwing - Vanellus malabaricus	Madhavi Babtiwale	2024-06-23	, Pune (India)	-	620735881 macaulaylibrary.org
Yellow-wattled Lapwing - Vanellus malabaricus	Krishnamoorthy Muthirulan	2026-05-30	, Madurai (India)	-	658791488 macaulaylibrary.org

Note: a maximum of 20 records are shown. For more recordings of this species, as well as maps, sonograms, and advanced searches, please visit xeno-canto & macaulaylibrary.org.

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