African Wattled Lapwing

Vanellus senegallus - Vanneau du Sénégal

Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Charadriiformes

  • Family
    :

    Charadriidés

  • Genus
    :

    Vanellus

  • Species
    :

    senegallus

Descriptor

Linnaeus, 1766

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 34 cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    : 160 à 287 g
Longevity

9 years

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Vanneau du Sénégal
adult
Vanneau du Sénégal
adult

African Wattled Lapwing (Vanellus senegallus) is a species of bird in the Charadriidae family.

Subspecific information 2 subspecies

  • Vanellus senegallus senegallus (Senegal and Gambia to Eritrea and Ethiopia, south to ne DRCongo and n Uganda)
  • Vanellus senegallus lateralis (s and e DRCongo to w Kenya south to n Namibia and e South Africa)

Foreign names

  • Vanneau du Sénégal,
  • Avefría senegalesa,
  • abibe-carunculado,
  • Senegalkiebitz,
  • csíkosnyakú bíbic,
  • Lelkievit,
  • Pavoncella dai bargigli,
  • vårtvipa,
  • Stripehodevipe,
  • cíbik žltonohý,
  • čejka žlutonohá,
  • Savanne-lapvibe,
  • tuhkahyyppä,
  • Lelkiewiet,
  • fredeluga del Senegal,
  • czajka płowa,
  • Сенегальская пигалица,
  • トサカゲリ,
  • 黑喉麦鸡,
  • 黑喉肉垂麥雞,

Voice song and cries

Habitat

Vanneau du Sénégal
adult

Savanna : Dry ; Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Seasonally Wet/Flooded ;

Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls), Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha), Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha), Permanent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha), Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha) ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Pastureland, Urban Areas ; Artificial/Aquatic and Marine : Ponds (below 8ha), Irrigated Land (includes irrigation channels), Seasonally Flooded Agricultural Land

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Other sources of interest

QRcode Vanneau du Sénégal
published: - Updated: 29-08-2023
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