Grey-headed Lapwing
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Grey-headed Lapwing

Vanellus cinereus

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
Insufficient data
overall probability at Khao Luang National Park
1 Verified records at Khao Luang National Park
🌅 Crepuscular When it's active at dawn and dusk

The grey-headed lapwing (Vanellus cinereus) is a lapwing species which breeds in northeast China and Japan. The mainland population winters in northern Southeast Asia from northeastern India to Cambodia. The Japanese population winters, at least partially, in southern Honshū. This species has occurred as a vagrant in Russia, the Philippines, Indonesia, New South Wales, Australia, Telangana and Sri Lanka, as well as Sweden and England. Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Khao Luang National Park

Red-wattled Lapwing
LC Endemic

Red-wattled Lapwing

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Vanellus indicus

Insufficient data
Sanderling
LC

Sanderling

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Calidris alba

Insufficient data
Barred Buttonquail
LC Endemic

Barred Buttonquail

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Turnix suscitator

Insufficient data

📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of Grey-headed Lapwing at Khao Luang 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 Kaziranga National Park 🇮🇳 India
30–40%
2 Sundarbans National Park 🇮🇳 India
5–10%
3 Keoladeo National Park 🇮🇳 India
5–10%
4 Chitwan National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
<5%
5 Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park 🇲🇳 Mongolia
<5%
6 Kaeng Krachan National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
<5%
7 Doi Inthanon National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
<5%
8 Khao Yai National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
<5%
9 Kanha National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
10 Khao Luang National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
Insufficient data
11 Cuc Phuong National Park 🇻🇳 Vietnam
Insufficient data
12 Royal Bardia National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
Insufficient data
13 Royal Manas National Park 🇧🇹 Bhutan
Insufficient data
14 Cat Tien National Park 🇻🇳 Vietnam
Insufficient data
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