Plovers

Spur-winged Lapwing

Vanellus spinosus

The Spur-winged Lapwing (Vanellus spinosus) is an 188 g wetland bird that eats a bit of everything. It stays put all year.

Family

Plovers

Order

Charadriiformes

Weight

188 g

Habitat

Wetland

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

41

Recorded in Israel, Kenya, Gambia, Turkey, Uganda, Senegal, Egypt, Cyprus, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Greece, Nigeria, Ghana, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Netherlands, Rwanda, Iraq, Iran, Malawi, Oman, Guinea-Bissau, Mauritania, Benin, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kuwait, Sudan, Lebanon, Djibouti, Côte d'Ivoire, United Arab Emirates, Mali, Cameroon, Chad, Burkina Faso, India, Togo, Niger, Armenia, Qatar.

Where to see it: Ras Shukeir Sewage Works (Egypt); Shoreline by the Mogadishu airport ( Between N 2° 00.242’, E 45° 17.529’ and N 2° 00.752, E 45° 18.283) (Somalia); Kafrayn Reservoir (Jordan); Beach / Scrubland Behind City Mall (Lebanon); F-Nord Lake (Mauritania).

Photo: (c) Claude Kolwelter, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist