Senegal Lapwing
Vanellus lugubris
Moist grasslands. Folded upper wings dark olive-brown; head to breast grey; small white forehead; eyes yellow. Black-and-white underwings in flight.
LC
Not Endemic
Description
Uncommon resident. Closely resembles [Black-winged Lapwing] but upper parts olive-brown (not warm brown), the white forehead forward of the eye, the dark lower breast-band usually narrow, legs dark brown or blackish. upper wing and underwing patterns diagnostic (see illustration). The call is a piping ‘thi-wit’. Small parties in dry grassland and open woodland.
Quick Facts
Size
23 cm - M
Names
A: Kleinswartvlerkkiewiet
Z: umahambehlala
Ss: Lekekeruane La Lepheontsho
G: Trauerkiebitz
Bird Family
Long-legged terrestrial birds with characteristically black, white and brown colouring. Usually found in pairs or small groups, favouring short grassland areas never far from fresh water. Lapwings breed during the winter season, laying their well camouflaged eggs into a shallow scrape on the ground, which they aggressively and noisily defend from humans and other predators.
Distribution
Gallery
Behaviour
Breeding
Habitat
