White-tailed Lapwing
Vanellus leucurus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
- FamilyCharadriidae (Plovers and Lapwings)
- GenusVanellus (Lapwings)
- SpeciesVanellus leucurus (White-tailed Lapwing)
The white-tailed lapwing or white-tailed plover (Vanellus leucurus) is a wader in the lapwing genus. The genus name Vanellus is Medieval Latin for a lapwing and derives from vannus, which refers to a winnowing fan. The specific leucurus is from Ancient Greek leukouros, "white-tailed". This medium-sized lapwing is long-legged and fairly long-billed. It is the only lapwing likely to be seen in other than very shallow water, where it picks insects and other small prey mainly from the surface. Adults are slim erect birds with a brown back and foreneck, paler face and grey breast. Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Białowieża National Park
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellus
Common Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticula
Black-bellied Plover
Pluvialis squatarola
European Golden Plover
Pluvialis apricaria
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinago
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundus
Common Tern
Sterna hirundo
Whiskered Tern
Chlidonias hybrida
Black Tern
Chlidonias niger
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropus
Ruff
Calidris pugnax
Eurasian Woodcock
Scolopax rusticola
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of White-tailed Lapwing at Białowieża National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keoladeo National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Ranthambore National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Białowieża National Park | 🇵🇱 Poland |