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Brown-chested Lapwing

Vanellus superciliosus (Reichenow, A 1886)

The brown-chested lapwing is a species of bird in the family Charadriidae. It resides year-round in a narrow strip of land from southwestern Nigeria to northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo; its wintering range extends toward Lake Chad, Lake Victoria and northern Zambia. Source: Wikipedia




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

Original description

Citation:
  (Reichenow, A 1886)

Reference:
   J. f. Orn. 34, no.172 p.116

Protonym:
  Lobivanellus superciliosus

Type locality:
  Marungu, west of Lake Tanganyika.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/101744#page/128/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  881C954D43E6A8DE

Avibase ID:
  avibase-881C954D

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/881C954D

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 176500

Geographic range:

  • Vanellus superciliosus: 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 Tanzania
Source: Clements checklist
English:
Brown-chested Lapwing
Catalan:
Fredeluga de pit rogenc
Czech:
čejka hnědoprsá
Danish:
Brunbrystet Vibe
German:
Rotbrustkiebitz
Spanish:
Avefría Pechirrufa
Spanish (Spain):
Avefría Pechirrufa
Finnish:
ruskorintahyyppä
French:
Vanneau à poitrine châtaine
Croatian:
riđoprsi vivak
Hungarian:
rozsdásmellű bíbic
Italian:
Pavoncella pettobruno
Japanese (romaji):
chamunetosakageri
Japanese:
チャムネトサカゲリ
Lithuanian:
Rudakrūtė pempė
Dutch:
Bruinborstkievit
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Brunbrystvipe
Norwegian:
Brunbrystvipe
Polish:
czajka rdzawopierśna
Portuguese:
Abibe-de-peito-marrom
Portuguese (Portugal):
abibe-de-peito-castanho
Russian:
Рыжегрудый чибис
Slovak:
cíbik hnedoprsý
Serbian:
Smeđogrudi vivak
Swedish:
brunbröstad vipa
Ukrainian:
Чайка рудогруда
Chinese:
褐胸麦鸡
Chinese (Traditional):
褐胸麥雞

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

African Bird Club Checklist 2004:
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
African Bird Club Checklist August 2005:
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
African Bird Club Checklist March 2007:
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
African Bird Club Checklist January 2008:
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
African Bird Club Checklist May 2009:
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
African Bird Club Checklist March 2010:
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
Birdlife checklist version 00:
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
Birdlife checklist version 01:
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
Birdlife checklist version 02:
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
Birdlife checklist version 03:
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
Birdlife checklist version 04:
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Vanneau à poitrine châtaine ( Vanellus superciliosus)
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Vanneau à poitrine châtaine ( Vanellus superciliosus)
Clements 1st edition:
Brown-chested Wattled Plover ( Anomalophrys superciliosus)
Clements, version 2021:
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
Clements, version 2022:
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
Clements, version 2023:
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
Clements, version 2024:
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
Clements 3rd edition:
Brown-chested Wattled Plover ( Vanellus superciliosus)
Clements 4th edition:
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
Clements 6th edition:
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
Clements, version 2015:
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
Clements, version 2016:
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
Clements, version 2017:
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
Clements, version 2018:
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
Clements, version 2019:
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
eBird version 1.50:
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
eBird version 1.52:
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
eBird version 1.53:
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
eBird version 1.54:
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
eBird version 1.55:
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
eBird version 2015:
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
eBird version 2016:
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
eBird version 2017:
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
eBird version 2018:
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
eBird version 2019:
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
eBird version 2021:
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
eBird version 2022:
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
eBird version 2023:
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
eBird version 2024:
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Brown-chested Wattled Plover ( Vanellus superciliosus)
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
Brown-chested Wattled Plover ( Vanellus superciliosus)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
Morony, Bock and Farrand:
Brown-chested Plover ( Vanellus superciliosus)
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Anomalophrys superciliosus
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Anomalophrys superciliosus
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Anomalophrys superciliosus
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
Brown-chested Lapwing ( Vanellus superciliosus)
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Vanellus superciliosus
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Vanellus superciliosus

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

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Azerbaijani: qırmızıdöş çökükburun
Bengali: িয়যাফুক টিটি
Bengali (transliteration): khaẏarābuka ṭiṭi*
Catalan: Fredeluga de pit rogenc
Czech: Cejka hnedoprsá, čejka hnědoprsá
Danish: Brunbrystet Vibe
German: Rotbrustkiebitz
English: Brown chested Lapwing, Brown-chested Lapwing, Brown-chested Plover, Brown-chested Watled Plover, Brown-chested Wattled Lapwing, Brown-chested Wattled Plover, Brown-chested wattled polver
English, HBW: Brown-chested Lapwing
English (IOC): Brown-chested Lapwing
English (Kenya): Brown-chested Plover
English (United States): Brown-chested Lapwing
Spanish: Avefría de Pecho Rufo, Avefría Pechirrufa
Spanish (Spain): Avefría Pechirrufa
Spanish (HBW): Brown-chested Lapwing
Estonian: roosterind-kiivitaja
Finnish: Ruskorintahyyppä
French: Vanneau à poitrine châtain, Vanneau à poitrine châtaine, Vanneau caronculé
Croatian: riđoprsi vivak
Hungarian: rozsdásmellű bíbic
Italian: Pavoncella pettobruno
Japanese (romaji): chamunetosakageri
Japanese: チャムネトサカゲリ
Kirghiz: кызыл төш ызгыт
Scientific: Anomalophrys superciliosus, Lobivanellus superciliosus, Stephanibyx superciliosus, Vanellus superciliosus, Vanellus supercilliosus
Lithuanian: Rudakrūtė pempė
Dutch: Bruinborstkievit
Norwegian Nynorsk: Brunbrystvipe
Norwegian: Brunbrystvipe
Polish: czajka rdzawopiersna, czajka rdzawopierśna
Portuguese: Abibe-de-peito-marrom
Portuguese (Portugal): abibe-de-peito-castanho
Russian: Красногрудый чибис, Рыжегрудый чибис
Slovak: cíbik hnedoprsý
Serbian: Smeđogrudi vivak
Swedish: Brunbröstad vipa
Swahili: Kiluwiluwi Kidari-chekundu
Turkish: Kızıl kuşaklı kızkuşu
Ukrainian: Чайка рудогруда
Chinese: 褐胸麦鸡
Chinese (Traditional): 褐胸麥雞

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