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 →
Closest Relatives at Taroko National Park
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinus
Greater Sandplover
Charadrius leschenaultii
Black-bellied Plover
Pluvialis squatarola
Pacific Golden-Plover
Pluvialis fulva
European Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegus
Little Tern
Sternula albifrons
Oriental Pratincole
Glareola maldivarum
Whiskered Tern
Chlidonias hybrida
Grey-tailed Tattler
Tringa brevipes
Crested Tern
Thalasseus bergii
Common Tern
Sterna hirundo
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopus
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Northern Lapwing at Taroko National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ 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