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Crowned Lapwing
Vanellus coronatus (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. |
| Crowned Lapwing - Vanellus coronatus | Yoann Blanchon | 2025-10-21 | Moringa Waterhole Viewpoint (near Halali), Oshikoto Region, Omuthiyagwipundi (Namibia) (1100 m) | alarm call - [sono] | 1059190 xeno-canto.org |
| Crowned Lapwing - Vanellus coronatus coronatus | isaac kilusu | 2021-05-26 | Mandegee farm, oloitoktok, Kajiado (Kenya) (1500 m) | adult, flight call, sex uncertain - two birds flushed bird-seen:yes playback-used:no
|
652334 xeno-canto.org |
| Crowned Lapwing - Vanellus coronatus | Bernard BOUSQUET | 2025-07-18 | Bunyaruguru (near Kateta), Wilaya ya Rubirizi, Mkoa wa Magharibi, Rubirizi (Uganda) (1000 m) | call - [also] [sono] | 1053545 xeno-canto.org |
| Crowned Lapwing - Vanellus coronatus coronatus | isaac kilusu | 2021-05-20 | Mandegee farm, oloitoktok, Kajiado (Kenya) (1500 m) | adult, nocturnal flight call - presumed to be some sort of courtship and territorial calls bird-seen:yes playback-used:no
|
650539 xeno-canto.org |
| Crowned Lapwing - Vanellus coronatus | Peter Boesman | 2016-11-13 | Bushberg Guestfarm, Kunene (Namibia) | call - [also] [sono] | 347159 xeno-canto.org |
| Crowned Lapwing - Vanellus coronatus | Lynette Rudman | 2018-08-20 | Grahamstown, Western District, Eastern Cape, Albany (South Africa) (650 m) | alarm call - Single bird seen and heard calling from an area that had recently burnt on an old golf course. It was giving an alarm call because of my presence. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no
|
431834 xeno-canto.org |
| Crowned Lapwing - Vanellus coronatus | Derek Solomon | 20-2-09 | Mashatu Game Reserve, Central (Botswana) (523 m) | Alarm call (A) - Elephant rumbles at end | 46004 xeno-canto.org |
| Crowned Lapwing - Vanellus coronatus | African Bioacoustics Community | 2026-05-12 | Kruger Park, Ehlanzeni District Municipality, Mpumalanga, Witrivier (South Africa) (340 m) | call - 900HP, -3dB normalised. Recordist - A.Karamitsos
|
1148046 xeno-canto.org |
| Crowned Lapwing - Vanellus coronatus | Marc Anderson | 2023-09-08 | Northern Tuli Game Reserve, Tuli (Botswana) (550 m) | call - [sono] | 834112 xeno-canto.org |
| Crowned Lapwing - Vanellus coronatus | Peter Boesman | 2024-10-18 | Tsavo Lodge, Voi, Taita-Taveta (Kenya) (? m) | call - [sono] | 948554 xeno-canto.org |
| Crowned Lapwing - Vanellus coronatus | Andrew Spencer | 2015-01-04 | Liben Plain, Oromia (Ethiopia) (1600 m) | call - calls from a pair of birds flushing in front of me, and then giving a few calls on the ground, on an open, overgrazed plain. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no
|
267437 xeno-canto.org |
| Crowned Lapwing - Vanellus coronatus | Gabriel Jamie | 2024-03-22 | , Southern (Zambia) | - | 618479223 macaulaylibrary.org |
| Crowned Lapwing - Vanellus coronatus | Yuting Deng | 2019-01-08 | Mpala Research Centre--High Dam Back Ponds, Rift Valley, Kenya, Rift Valley (Kenya) | - | 133921571 macaulaylibrary.org |
| Crowned Lapwing - Vanellus coronatus | Rory Nefdt | 2015-05-02 | Ol Pajeta Conservancy, Laikipia, Laikipia (Kenya) (1800 m) | alarm call, flight call - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no
|
240821 xeno-canto.org |
| Crowned Lapwing - Vanellus coronatus | JJSUN | 2026-01-18 | deHoop Nature Reserve, Western Cape, Bredasdorp (South Africa) (180 m) | flight call - [sono] | 1078349 xeno-canto.org |
| Crowned Lapwing - Vanellus coronatus | Marc Anderson | 2023-09-09 | Northern Tuli Game Reserve, Tuli (Botswana) (550 m) | call - [sono] | 834113 xeno-canto.org |
| Crowned Lapwing - Vanellus coronatus | Bobby Wilcox | 2025-07-02 | Kruger Park, Ehlanzeni District Municipality, Mpumalanga, Pelgrimsrus (South Africa) (280 m) | alarm call, call - About 15m away in sparsely wooded savanna.
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1039275 xeno-canto.org |
| Crowned Lapwing - Vanellus coronatus | Marna Buys | 2026-02-21 | Roodeplaat Nature Reserve, Metsweding, Gauteng, Wonderboom (South Africa) (1281 m) | flight call - [also] [sono] | 1145856 xeno-canto.org |
| Crowned Lapwing - Vanellus coronatus | Andrew Spencer | 2014-12-24 | Awash NP--southern section, Afar, Ethiopia, Afar (Ethiopia) | - calls from one of a pair of birds in somewhat open thornscrub with some grassy clearings, reacting to my presence. | 31374031 macaulaylibrary.org |
| Crowned Lapwing - Vanellus coronatus | Tony Archer | 2021-04-25 | City of Matlosana (near Klerksdorp), Southern DC, North West, Klerksdorp (South Africa) (1300 m) | adult, call - Two birds making warning call on pavement in suburbia. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no
|
642938 xeno-canto.org |
| Crowned Lapwing - Vanellus coronatus | Marna Buys | 2026-02-21 | Roodeplaat Nature Reserve, Metsweding, Gauteng, Wonderboom (South Africa) (1281 m) | flight call - [also] [sono] | 1145855 xeno-canto.org |
| Crowned Lapwing - Vanellus coronatus coronatus | isaac kilusu | 2021-04-23 | Mandegee farm, oloitoktok, Kajiado (Kenya) (1500 m) | adult, night call, sex uncertain - a single bird moving on the ground in open cultivations bird-seen:no playback-used:no
|
642380 xeno-canto.org |
| Crowned Lapwing - Vanellus coronatus | Yoann Blanchon | 2025-10-21 | Moringa Waterhole Viewpoint (near Halali), Oshikoto Region, Omuthiyagwipundi (Namibia) (1100 m) | alarm call - [sono] | 1059189 xeno-canto.org |
| Crowned Lapwing - Vanellus coronatus | Dries Van de Loock | 2020-07-10 | Nanzhila plains, Kafue National Park, Southern Province, Southern (Zambia) (1000 m) | call - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no
|
585254 xeno-canto.org |
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