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African Wattled Lapwing
Vanellus senegallus · Family Charadriidae
Vanellus senegallus
Family Charadriidae
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Charadriidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 144,724
- Countries and territories with records
- 45
About this species
This species has 144,724 occurrence records from 45 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from South Africa (65%), Uganda (6.3%), Zimbabwe (4%), the Gambia (3.6%) and Kenya (3.2%); together they account for 82.2% of the total. In South Africa, this species accounts for 0.24% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Vanellus senegallus combines the genus name Vanellus with the species epithet senegallus. 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 17th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Charadrius vociferus. Its record count is 21.9% of the family average (660,385). The family Charadriidae belongs to the order Charadriiformes, which has 340 species in the Warbla app catalog.