Plovers

Spot-breasted Lapwing

Vanellus melanocephalus

The Spot-breasted Lapwing (Vanellus melanocephalus) is a 214 g grassland bird that eats mostly fish and other water animals. It stays put all year.

Family

Plovers

Order

Charadriiformes

Weight

214 g

Habitat

Grassland

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

1

Recorded in Ethiopia.

Where to see it: Lake Awassa · United Africa Shebelle Hotel area (Ethiopia).

Photo: (c) Brian Henderson, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist