River Lapwing
River LapwingRiver LapwingRiver LapwingRiver Lapwing

River Lapwing

Vanellus duvaucelii

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
30–40% · Possible
overall probability at Satpura National Park
284 Verified records at Satpura National Park
March 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 →

30–40% of wildlife watchers report a River Lapwing sighting in Satpura National Park, based on 284 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

Closest Relatives at Satpura National Park

Red-wattled Lapwing
LC Endemic

Red-wattled Lapwing

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Vanellus indicus

60–70% · Likely
Yellow-wattled Lapwing
LC

Yellow-wattled Lapwing

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Vanellus malabaricus

<5% · Rare
Kentish Plover
LC

Kentish Plover

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Charadrius alexandrinus

<5% · Rare
River Tern
VU

River Tern

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Sterna aurantia

30–40% · Possible
Black-winged Stilt
LC

Black-winged Stilt

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Himantopus himantopus

20–30% · Possible
Common Sandpiper
LC

Common Sandpiper

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Actitis hypoleucos

10–20% · With luck
Green Sandpiper
LC

Green Sandpiper

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Tringa ochropus

10–20% · With luck
Indian Skimmer
EN

Indian Skimmer

Bird

Rynchops albicollis

Insufficient data
Great Thick-knee
NT

Great Thick-knee

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Esacus recurvirostris

5–10% · With luck
Small Pratincole
LC

Small Pratincole

Bird

Glareola lactea

5–10% · With luck
Wood Sandpiper
LC

Wood Sandpiper

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Tringa glareola

5–10% · With luck
Common Greenshank
LC

Common Greenshank

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Tringa nebularia

5–10% · With luck

📅 Monthly Probability

40–50
Jan
40–50
Feb
40–50
Mar
40–50
Apr
40–50
May
30–40
Jun
10–20
Jul
10–20
Aug
10–20
Sep
10–20
Oct
30–40
Nov
30–40
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 Satpura National Park?

About 33% of wildlife watchers report a River Lapwing sighting in Satpura National Park, based on 284 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

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

March has the highest sighting rate for River Lapwing in Satpura National Park in our monthly data.

← Back to Satpura National Park