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White-headed Lapwing

Vanellus albiceps Gould, J 1834

The white-crowned lapwing, white-headed lapwing, white-headed plover or white-crowned plover is a medium-sized wader. It is resident throughout tropical Africa, usually near large rivers. Source: Wikipedia




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


Original description

Citation:
  Gould, J 1834

Reference:
   Proc. Zool. Soc. London pt.2, no.18 p.45

Imprint year:
  1834

Protonym:
  Vanellus albiceps

Type locality:
  Niger River or Fernando Po. A specimen from Fernando Po is claimed as the type of the species in Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., 24, p. 147.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/96158#page/57/mode/1up


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  C4EC6263B0A28B1D

Avibase ID:
  avibase-C4EC6263

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/C4EC6263


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 176482

Geographic range:

  • Vanellus albiceps: sandy riverbanks of sub-Saharan Africa
English:
White-headed Lapwing
Catalan:
Fredeluga de capell blanc
Czech:
čejka laločnatá
Danish:
Hvidkronet Vibe
German:
Weißscheitelkiebitz
Spanish:
Avefría Coroniblanca
Spanish (Spain):
Avefría Coroniblanca
Finnish:
viiksihyyppä
French:
Vanneau à tête blanche
Croatian:
sivovrati vivak
Hungarian:
fehérfejű bíbic
Italian:
Pavoncella testabianca
Japanese (romaji):
shirogashiratosakageri
Japanese:
シロガシラトサカゲリ
Lithuanian:
Baltagalvė pempė
Dutch:
Witkruinkievit
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Kvitkronevipe
Norwegian:
Hvitkronevipe
Polish:
czajka białołbista
Portuguese:
Abibe-de-coroa-branca
Portuguese (Portugal):
abibe-de-coroa-branca
Russian:
Белоголовый чибис
Slovak:
cíbik bielohlavý
Serbian:
Belokrili resasti vivak
Swedish:
vitkronad vipa
Ukrainian:
Чайка вусата
Chinese:
白头麦鸡
Chinese (Traditional):
白頭麥雞


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

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

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

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Afrikaans: Witkopkiewiet
Azerbaijani: ağbaş çökükburun
Bengali: ধরাভুকুট টিটি
Bengali (transliteration): dhalāmukuṭa ṭiṭi*
Catalan: Fredeluga de capell blanc
Czech: Cejka lalocnatá, čejka laločnatá
Chuvash: шур пуçлă текерлĕк
Danish: Hvidkronet Vibe
German: Langspornkiebitz, Weißscheitelkibietz, Weißscheitelkiebitz
Greek: Λευκοκέφαλη Καλημάνα
English: Black-shouldered Lapwing, Black-shouldered Plover, Black-shouldered Wattled Lapwing, Black-shouldered Wattled Plover, Crowned Lapwing, White headed Lapwing, White-crowned Lapwing, Whitecrowned Plover, White-crowned Plover, White-crowned Wattled Plover, White-headed Lapwing, White-headed Plover, White-winged Lapwing
English, HBW: White-headed Lapwing
English (IOC): White-crowned Lapwing
English (United States): White-headed Lapwing
English (South Africa): White-crowned Lapwing
Esperanto: Blankkrona vanelo
Spanish: Avefría Coroniblanca, Avefría de Corona Blanca
Spanish (Spain): Avefría Coroniblanca
Spanish (HBW): White-headed Lapwing
Estonian: leetekiivitaja
Finnish: Viiksihyyppä
French: Vanneau à tête blanche
Croatian: sivovrati vivak
Hungarian: fehérfejű bíbic
Italian: Pavoncella corona bianca, Pavoncella testabianca
Japanese (romaji): shirogashiratosakageri
Japanese: シロガシラトサカゲリ
Kirghiz: ак баш ызгыт
Scientific: Hoplopterus albiceps, Vanellus albiceps, Xiphidiopterus albiceps
Lithuanian: Baltagalvė pempė
Dutch: Witkruinkievit
Norwegian Nynorsk: Kvitkronevipe
Norwegian: Hvitkronevipe
Polish: czajka bialoczelna, czajka białoczelna, czajka białołbista
Portuguese: Abibe-de-coroa-branca
Portuguese (Portugal): abibe-de-coroa-branca, Barbilhão-de-gola-branca
Russian: Белоголовая пигалица, Белоголовый чибис
Slovak: cíbik bielohlavý
Serbian: Beloglavi vivak, Belokrili resasti vivak
Swedish: Vitkronad vipa
Swahili: Kiluwiluwi Utosi-mweupe
Turkish: Ak tepeli kızkuşu
Ukrainian: Чайка вусата
Chinese: 白头麦鸡
Chinese (Traditional): 白頭麥雞

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