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The banded lapwing (Vanellus tricolor) is a small to medium-sized shorebird, found in small parties or large flocks on bare ground in open grasslands, agricultural land and open savannah. [2] It is native to Australia [1] and in the past considered as a game bird for hunting. [3] Population estimate is 25 000 - 1 000 000. [2]
Vanellus cristatus Meyer [2] Vanellus vulgaris Bechstein [ 2 ] 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.
Vanellus is the genus of waders which provisionally contains all lapwings except red-kneed dotterel, Erythrogonys cinctus. The name " vanellus " is Latin for "little fan", vanellus being the diminutive of vannus (" winnowing fan ").
The crowned lapwing is now placed in the genus Vanellus that was erected by the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson in 1760. [5] [6] The generic name Vanellus is the Medieval Latin for a "lapwing". It is a diminutive of the Latin vanus meaning "winnowing" or "fan". The specific epithet coronatus is Latin for "crowned". [7]
The white-crowned lapwing, white-headed lapwing, white-headed plover or white-crowned plover (Vanellus albiceps) is a medium-sized wader. It is resident throughout tropical Africa , usually near large rivers.
Little is known of this rather large lapwing; it may actually belong in Vanellus. [ 7 ] The remaining Charadrii are highset and/or chunky birds, even decidedly larger than a lot of the scolopacid waders .
The brown-chested lapwing (Vanellus superciliosus) is a species of bird in the family Charadriidae. It resides year-round in a narrow strip of land from southwestern Nigeria to northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo ; its wintering range extends toward Lake Chad , Lake Victoria and northern Zambia .
The white-tailed lapwing or white-tailed plover (Vanellus leucurus) is a wader in the lapwing genus. The genus name Vanellus is Medieval Latin for a lapwing and derives from vannus a winnowing fan. The specific leucurus is from Ancient Greek leukouros, "white-tailed". [2] This medium-sized lapwing is long-legged and fairly long-billed.