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Black-winged Lapwing

Vanellus melanopterus (Cretzschmar, PJ 1829)

The black-winged lapwing or greater black-winged lapwing is an east African species that is found from the Ethiopian highlands in the north to central Kenya, and again at middle to coastal elevations in eastern South Africa. It is a habitat specialist of short grass in well-watered temperate grasslands. They may move about locally to find ideal situations, often at night. In their tightly grouped flying flocks they resemble plovers. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Charadriiformes
Family:
  Charadriidae
Genus:
   Vanellus
Scientific:
  Vanellus melanopterus

Original description

Citation:
  (Cretzschmar, PJ 1829)

Reference:
   Atlas Reise nördl. Afr. Rüppell, Zool. Vög. (1826) p.46 pl.31

Protonym:
  Charadrius melanopterus

Type locality:
  Djedda, Arabia.

Link:
  https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37140808

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  83D95620FFD41D19

Avibase ID:
  avibase-83D95620

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/83D95620

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 176494

Geographic range:

  • Vanellus melanopterus melanopterus: extreme southern Sudan, Eritrea, and Ethiopia
  • Vanellus melanopterus minor: southwestern Kenya and northwestern Tanzania. Eastern and southern South Africa (Limpopo south to western KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, Eastern Cape and eastern Western Cape); winters on coastal plain north to southern Mozambique
Source: Clements checklist
English:
Black-winged Lapwing
Catalan:
Fredeluga alanegra
Czech:
čejka černokřídlá
Danish:
Lys Sørgevibe
German:
Schwarzflügelkiebitz
Spanish:
Avefría Lugubroide
Spanish (Spain):
Avefría Lugubroide
Finnish:
laidunhyyppä
French:
Vanneau à ailes noires
Croatian:
smeđoleđi vivak
Hungarian:
feketeszárnyú bíbic
Icelandic:
Blökkuvepja
Italian:
Pavoncella alinere
Japanese (romaji):
hagurogeri
Japanese:
ハグロゲリ
Lithuanian:
Juodasparnė pempė
Dutch:
Zwartvleugelkievit
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Fjellsørgjevipe
Norwegian:
Fjellsørgevipe
Polish:
czajka czarnoskrzydła
Portuguese:
Abibe-d'asa-negra
Portuguese (Portugal):
abibe-d'asa-preta
Russian:
Чернокрылый чибис
Slovak:
cíbik čiernokrídly
Serbian:
Crnokrili vivak
Swedish:
ljus sorgvipa
Ukrainian:
Чайка чорнокрила
Chinese:
黑翅麦鸡
Chinese (Traditional):
黑翅麥雞

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

African Bird Club Checklist 2004:
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist August 2005:
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist March 2007:
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist January 2008:
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist May 2009:
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist March 2010:
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 00:
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01:
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02:
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 03:
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 04:
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Vanneau à ailes noires ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Vanneau à ailes noires ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition:
Black-winged Plover ( Stephanibyx melanopterus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021:
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022:
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023:
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
Clements 3rd edition:
Black-winged Plover ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
Clements 4th edition:
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition:
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2015:
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2016:
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2017:
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2018:
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2019:
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
eBird version 1.50:
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52:
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
eBird version 1.53:
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
eBird version 1.54:
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55:
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
eBird version 2015:
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
eBird version 2016:
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
eBird version 2017:
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
eBird version 2018:
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
eBird version 2019:
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
eBird version 2021:
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
eBird version 2022:
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
eBird version 2023:
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Black-winged Plover ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
Black-winged Plover ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Greater Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
Morony, Bock and Farrand:
Black-winged Plover ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Stephanibyx melanopterus [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Stephanibyx melanopterus [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Stephanibyx melanopterus [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01:
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02:
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.03:
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.04 (7/07/2024):
Black-winged Lapwing ( Vanellus melanopterus) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Vanellus melanopterus [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Vanellus melanopterus [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

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Afrikaans: Grootswartvlerkkiewiet
Azerbaijani: qaraqanad çökükburun
Bengali: কারা঩াি টিটি
Bengali (transliteration): kālāpākha ṭiṭi*
Catalan: Fredeluga alanegra
Czech: Cejka cernokrídlá, čejka černokřídlá
Chuvash: хура çунатлă текерлĕк
Danish: Lys Sørgevibe
German: Schwarzflügelkiebitz
English: Black winged Lapwing, Black-winged Lapwing, Blackwinged Plover, Black-winged Plover, Greater Black-winged Lapwing, Greater Black-winged Plover
English, HBW: Black-winged Lapwing
English (IOC): Black-winged Lapwing
English (Kenya): Black-winged Plover
English (United States): Black-winged Lapwing
Esperanto: Nigraflugila vanelo
Spanish: Avefría Lugubroide
Spanish (Spain): Avefría Lugubroide
Spanish (HBW): Black-winged Lapwing
Estonian: karjakiivitaja
Finnish: Laidunhyyppä
French: Vanneau à ailes noires
Croatian: smeđoleđi vivak
Hungarian: feketeszárnyú bíbic
Icelandic: Blökkuvepja
Italian: Pavoncella alinere
Japanese (romaji): hagurogeri
Japanese: ハグロゲリ
Kirghiz: кара канат ызгыт
Scientific: Charadrius melanopterus, Hoplopterus melanopterus, Stephanibyx melanopterus, Vanellus melanopterus, Vanellus melanopterus melanopterus
Lithuanian: Juodasparnė pempė
Dutch: Zwartvleugelkievit
Norwegian Nynorsk: Fjellsørgjevipe
Norwegian: Fjellsørgevipe
Polish: czajka czarnoskrzydla, czajka czarnoskrzydła
Portuguese: Abibe-d'asa-negra
Portuguese (Portugal): abibe-d'asa-preta
Russian: Чернокрылая пигалица, Чернокрылый чибис
Slovak: cíbik čiernokrídly
Serbian: Crnokrili vivak
Swedish: ljus sorgvipa, Svartvingad vipa
Swahili: Kiluwiluwi Bawa-jeusi
Turkish: Kara kanatlı kızkuşu
Ukrainian: Чайка чорнокрила
Xhosa: Igxiya
Chinese: 黑翅麦鸡
Chinese (Traditional): 黑翅麥雞
Zulu: iHoye

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