Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
- FamilyCharadriidae (Plovers and Lapwings)
- GenusVanellus (Lapwings)
- SpeciesVanellus vanellus (Northern Lapwing)
The northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus), also known as the peewit or pewit, tuit or tewit, green plover, or (in Ireland and Great Britain) pyewipe or just lapwing, is a bird in the lapwing subfamily. It is common through temperate Eurosiberia. Wikipedia →
<5% of wildlife watchers report a Northern Lapwing sighting in Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park, based on 32 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
Closest Relatives at Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park
Grey-headed Lapwing
Vanellus cinereus
Greater Sandplover
Charadrius leschenaultii
Eastern Sand Plover
Charadrius veredus
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinus
Pacific Golden-Plover
Pluvialis fulva
Common Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticula
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferruginea
Common Redshank
Tringa totanus
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareola
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
Black-winged Stilt
Himantopus himantopus
Pied Avocet
Recurvirostra avosetta
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ 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
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Northern Lapwing in Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park?
About 2% of wildlife watchers report a Northern Lapwing sighting in Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park, based on 32 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Northern Lapwing in Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park?
July has the highest sighting rate for Northern Lapwing in Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park in our monthly data.