River Lapwing
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River Lapwing

Vanellus duvaucelii

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
Insufficient data
overall probability at Kaeng Krachan National Park
2 Verified records at Kaeng Krachan National Park
🌅 Crepuscular When it's active at dawn and dusk

The river lapwing (Vanellus duvaucelii) is a lapwing species which breeds from the Indian subcontinent eastwards to Southeast Asia. It range includes much of northern and northeastern India, and extends through Southeast Asia to Vietnam. It appears to be entirely sedentary. Formerly also called spur-winged lapwing, this name is better reserved for one of the "spur-winged plovers" of old, Vanellus spinosus of Africa, whose scientific name it literally translates. The masked lapwing of Australasia was at one time also called "spur-winged plover" (and still is in New Zealand), completing the name confusion. This species resembles the closely related spur-winged lapwing of Africa, and has sometimes been considered conspecific. Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Kaeng Krachan National Park

Red-wattled Lapwing
LC Endemic

Red-wattled Lapwing

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Vanellus indicus

40–50% · Likely
Grey-headed Lapwing
LC

Grey-headed Lapwing

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Vanellus cinereus

<5% · Rare
Black-bellied Plover
VU

Black-bellied Plover

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Pluvialis squatarola

Insufficient data
Greater Sandplover
LC

Greater Sandplover

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Charadrius leschenaultii

Insufficient data
Indian Thick-knee
LC

Indian Thick-knee

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Burhinus indicus

5–10% · With luck
Bronze-winged Jacana
LC

Bronze-winged Jacana

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Metopidius indicus

5–10% · With luck
Brown-headed Gull

Brown-headed Gull

Bird

Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus

Insufficient data
Eurasian Curlew
NT

Eurasian Curlew

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Numenius arquata

Insufficient data
Marsh Sandpiper
LC

Marsh Sandpiper

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Tringa stagnatilis

Insufficient data
Common Buttonquail
LC

Common Buttonquail

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Turnix sylvaticus

Insufficient data
Roseate Tern
LC

Roseate Tern

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Sterna dougallii

Insufficient data
Black-winged Stilt
LC

Black-winged Stilt

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Himantopus himantopus

<5% · Rare

📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of River Lapwing at Kaeng Krachan National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.

🌅 When They're Spotted

Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)

🌅Crepuscular
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

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 Royal Bardia National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
50–60%
2 Chitwan National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
40–50%
3 Jim Corbett National Park 🇮🇳 India
30–40%
4 Satpura National Park 🇮🇳 India
30–40%
5 Kaziranga National Park 🇮🇳 India
10–20%
6 Namdapha National Park 🇮🇳 India
10–20%
7 Royal Manas National Park 🇧🇹 Bhutan
10–20%
8 Bandhavgarh National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
9 Ranthambore National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
10 Kanha National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
11 Langtang National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
Insufficient data
12 Khao Sok National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
Insufficient data
13 Khao Yai National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
Insufficient data
14 Kaeng Krachan National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
Insufficient data
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