Red-wattled Lapwing

Vanellus indicus

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered Endemic

KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
PhylumChordata (Cordats)
ClassAves (Aus)
OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
FamilyCharadriidae (Plovers and Lapwings)
GenusVanellus (Lapwings)
SpeciesVanellus indicus (Red-wattled Lapwing)

Insufficient data

overall probability at Wadden Sea National Park

1 Verified records at Wadden Sea National Park

🌅 Crepuscular When it's active at dawn and dusk

The red-wattled lapwing (Vanellus indicus) is an Asian lapwing or large plover, a wader in the family Charadriidae. Like other lapwings they are ground birds that are incapable of perching. Their characteristic loud alarm calls are indicators of human or animal movements and the sounds have been variously rendered as did he do it or pity to do it leading to the colloquial name of did-he-do-it bird. Usually seen in pairs or small groups not far from water, they sometimes form large aggregations in the non-breeding season (winter). They nest in a ground scrape laying three to four camouflaged eggs. Adults near the nest fly around, diving at potential predators while calling noisily. Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Wadden Sea National Park

Vanellus vanellus

Vanellus gregarius

Charadrius hiaticula

Pluvialis apricaria

Pluvialis squatarola

Charadrius alexandrinus

<5% · Rare

Charadrius morinellus

<5% · Rare

Pluvialis dominica

<5% · Rare

Pluvialis fulva

Insufficient data

Charadrius leschenaultii

Insufficient data

Chroicocephalus ridibundus

60–70% · Likely

Larus argentatus

50–60% · Likely

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📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of Red-wattled Lapwing at Wadden Sea National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.

🌅 When They're Spotted

Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)

🌅Crepuscular

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	Ranthambore National Park	🇮🇳 India	80–90%
2	Keoladeo National Park	🇮🇳 India	80–90%
3	Wilpattu National Park	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	70–80%
4	Yala National Park	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	70–80%
5	Bandhavgarh National Park	🇮🇳 India	60–70%
6	Minneriya National Park	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	60–70%
7	Satpura National Park	🇮🇳 India	60–70%
8	Kaziranga National Park	🇮🇳 India	50–60%
9	Kanha National Park	🇮🇳 India	50–60%
10	Chitwan National Park	🇳🇵 Nepal	50–60%
11	Horton Plains National Park	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	50–60%
12	Nagarhole National Park	🇮🇳 India	50–60%
13	Royal Bardia National Park	🇳🇵 Nepal	50–60%
14	Bandipur National Park	🇮🇳 India	50–60%
15	Kaeng Krachan National Park	🇹🇭 Thailand	40–50%
16	Khao Yai National Park	🇹🇭 Thailand	40–50%
17	Jim Corbett National Park	🇮🇳 India	40–50%
18	Periyar National Park	🇮🇳 India	30–40%
19	Mudumalai National Park	🇮🇳 India	30–40%
20	Cat Tien National Park	🇻🇳 Vietnam	20–30%
21	Khao Sok National Park	🇹🇭 Thailand	10–20%
22	Doi Inthanon National Park	🇹🇭 Thailand	5–10%
23	Sundarbans National Park	🇮🇳 India	5–10%
24	Royal Manas National Park	🇧🇹 Bhutan	<5%
25	Namdapha National Park	🇮🇳 India	<5%
26	Sinharaja Forest Reserve	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	<5%
27	Eravikulam National Park	🇮🇳 India	Insufficient data
28	Wadden Sea National Park	🇩🇪 Germany	Insufficient data
29	Khao Luang National Park	🇹🇭 Thailand	Insufficient data
30	Hemis National Park	🇮🇳 India	Insufficient data

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Red-wattled Lapwing

Closest Relatives at Wadden Sea National Park

Northern Lapwing

Sociable Lapwing

Common Ringed Plover

European Golden Plover

Black-bellied Plover

Kentish Plover

Eurasian Dotterel

American Golden-Plover

Pacific Golden-Plover

Greater Sandplover

Black-headed Gull

European Herring Gull

📅 Monthly Probability

🌅 When They're Spotted

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found