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 →
20–30% of wildlife watchers report a Northern Lapwing sighting in Kaziranga National Park, based on 655 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
Closest Relatives at Kaziranga National Park
Red-wattled Lapwing
Vanellus indicus
Grey-headed Lapwing
Vanellus cinereus
River Lapwing
Vanellus duvaucelii
Pacific Golden-Plover
Pluvialis fulva
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinus
Bronze-winged Jacana
Metopidius indicus
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropus
Common Greenshank
Tringa nebularia
River Tern
Sterna aurantia
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinago
Common Redshank
Tringa totanus
📅 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 Kaziranga National Park?
About 28% of wildlife watchers report a Northern Lapwing sighting in Kaziranga National Park, based on 655 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Northern Lapwing in Kaziranga National Park?
February has the highest sighting rate for Northern Lapwing in Kaziranga National Park in our monthly data.