River Lapwing
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River Lapwing

Vanellus duvaucelii

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
10–20% · With luck
overall probability at Namdapha National Park
119 Verified records at Namdapha National Park
February Best month highest sighting rate
🌅 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 →

10–20% of wildlife watchers report a River Lapwing sighting in Namdapha National Park, based on 119 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

Closest Relatives at Namdapha National Park

Red-wattled Lapwing
LC Endemic

Red-wattled Lapwing

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Vanellus indicus

<5% · Rare
Common Sandpiper
LC

Common Sandpiper

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Actitis hypoleucos

5–10% · With luck
Green Sandpiper
LC

Green Sandpiper

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Tringa ochropus

5–10% · With luck
Ibisbill
LC

Ibisbill

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Ibidorhyncha struthersii

<5% · Rare
Small Pratincole
LC

Small Pratincole

Bird

Glareola lactea

Insufficient data
Common Greenshank
LC

Common Greenshank

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Tringa nebularia

Insufficient data
Common Snipe
LC

Common Snipe

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Gallinago gallinago

Insufficient data
Barred Buttonquail
LC Endemic

Barred Buttonquail

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Turnix suscitator

Insufficient data

📅 Monthly Probability

10–20
Jan
10–20
Feb
10–20
Mar
10–20
Apr
<5
May
5–10
Jun
10–20
Jul
10–20
Aug
10–20
Sep
5–10
Oct
5–10
Nov
5–10
Dec

🌅 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

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a River Lapwing in Namdapha National Park?

About 11% of wildlife watchers report a River Lapwing sighting in Namdapha National Park, based on 119 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see River Lapwing in Namdapha National Park?

February has the highest sighting rate for River Lapwing in Namdapha National Park in our monthly data.

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