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Spur-winged Lapwing
Vanellus spinosus · Family Charadriidae
Vanellus spinosus
Family Charadriidae
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Charadriidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 207,003
- Countries and territories with records
- 113
About this species
This species has 207,003 occurrence records from 113 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from Israel (50.1%), Kenya (9.7%), the Gambia (4.9%), Türkiye (4%) and Uganda (3.8%); together they account for 72.6% of the total. In Israel, this species accounts for 1.6% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Vanellus spinosus combines the genus name Vanellus with the species epithet spinosus. 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 16th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Charadrius vociferus. Its record count is 31.3% of the family average (660,385). The family Charadriidae belongs to the order Charadriiformes, which has 340 species in the Warbla app catalog.