Plovers

Northern Lapwing

Vanellus vanellus

The Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) is a 218 g wetland bird that eats a bit of everything. Some populations migrate.

Family

Plovers

Order

Charadriiformes

Weight

218 g

Habitat

Wetland

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Partial migrant

Countries recorded

70

Recorded in Sweden, Netherlands, United Kingdom, Denmark, Norway, France, Belgium, Spain, Germany, Finland, Estonia, Portugal, Russia, Poland, Austria, Czechia, Italy, Ireland, Taiwan, Hungary, Israel, Turkey, Ukraine, India, China, Switzerland, Lithuania, Bulgaria, Mongolia, United States, Romania, Serbia, Belarus, Greece, Japan, Isle of Man, Kazakhstan, Slovakia, Iran, Croatia, Luxembourg, Republic of Korea, Latvia, Azerbaijan, Slovenia, Åland, Moldova, Georgia, Hong Kong, United Arab Emirates, Kyrgyzstan, Morocco, JE, Cyprus, Canada, Kuwait, XK, Nepal, Armenia, Algeria, Philippines, Iceland, Egypt, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia, Palestine, Qatar, Bosnia and Herz., Bhutan, North Macedonia.

Where to see it: Les Mielles NR · The Scrape (Jersey); M9 Bridge over Sitnica River (Kosovo); Иловые пруды у д. Синило (Sludge ponds near Sinila village) (Belarus); Les Mielles NR · St. Ouen's Pond and National Trust for Jersey Wetland Centre (Jersey); Neusiedler See - Seewinkel NP · Zicklacke (Austria).

Photo: (c) Marco Mussita, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist