Yellow-wattled Lapwing

About this species

This species has 83,982 occurrence records from 10 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from India (92.7%) and Sri Lanka (6.2%); together they account for 98.8% of the total. In India, this species accounts for 0.13% of all bird records in GBIF.

The scientific name Vanellus malabaricus combines the genus name Vanellus with the species epithet malabaricus. 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 22nd among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Charadrius vociferus. Its record count is 12.7% of the family average (660,385). The family Charadriidae belongs to the order Charadriiformes, which has 340 species in the Warbla app catalog.

More birds in the family Charadriidae

• Northern Lapwing
• Masked Lapwing
• Southern Lapwing
• Red-wattled Lapwing
• Blacksmith Lapwing
• Crowned Lapwing
• Spur-winged Lapwing

Credits & data sources

• Wikidata
• GBIF.org