Plovers

Black-headed Lapwing

Vanellus tectus

The Black-headed Lapwing (Vanellus tectus) is a 100 g grassland bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. It stays put all year.

Family

Plovers

Order

Charadriiformes

Weight

100 g

Habitat

Grassland

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

18

Recorded in Kenya, Gambia, Nigeria, Senegal, Uganda, Ethiopia, Burkina Faso, Chad, Benin, Cameroon, Ghana, Mali, Sudan, Niger, Mauritania, S. Sudan, Somalia, Guinea-Bissau.

Where to see it: Sanbrado (Burkina Faso); Niono & L'Office Niger area (Mali); Gonse (Burkina Faso); Waza NP (Cameroon); Zakouma NP (Chad).

Photo: Farid AMADOU BAHLEMAN, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons