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 Hemis National Park, based on 27 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
Closest Relatives at Hemis National Park
Red-wattled Lapwing
Vanellus indicus
Pacific Golden-Plover
Pluvialis fulva
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropus
Ibisbill
Ibidorhyncha struthersii
Collared Pratincole
Glareola pratincola
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareola
Common Redshank
Tringa totanus
Common Greenshank
Tringa nebularia
Temminck's Stint
Calidris temminckii
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinago
Black-winged Stilt
Himantopus himantopus
📅 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 Hemis National Park?
About 3% of wildlife watchers report a Northern Lapwing sighting in Hemis National Park, based on 27 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Northern Lapwing in Hemis National Park?
January has the highest sighting rate for Northern Lapwing in Hemis National Park in our monthly data.