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Blacksmith Lapwing
Vanellus armatus · Family Charadriidae
Vanellus armatus
Family Charadriidae
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Charadriidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 506,937
- Countries and territories with records
- 32
About this species
This species has 506,937 occurrence records from 32 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from South Africa (81.2%), Namibia (4.7%), Kenya (4.1%), Botswana (3.4%) and Tanzania (2.7%); together they account for 96.1% of the total. In South Africa, this species accounts for 1% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Vanellus armatus combines the genus name Vanellus with the species epithet armatus. The Warbla app catalog lists 22 species of the genus Vanellus; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Vanellus vanellus, Vanellus miles and Vanellus chilensis.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 44 species of the family Charadriidae. This species ranks 11th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Charadrius vociferus. Its record count is 76.8% of the family average (660,385). The family Charadriidae belongs to the order Charadriiformes, which has 340 species in the Warbla app catalog.