Northern Lapwing

About this species

This species has 4,516,801 occurrence records from 121 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from Sweden (20.4%), the Netherlands (17.8%), the United Kingdom (13.9%), Denmark (11.8%) and Norway (6.4%); together they account for 70.4% of the total. In Sweden, this species accounts for 0.9% of all bird records in GBIF.

The scientific name Vanellus vanellus combines the genus name Vanellus with the species epithet vanellus. The Warbla app catalog lists 22 species of the genus Vanellus; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Vanellus miles, Vanellus chilensis and Vanellus indicus.

The catalog has GBIF record counts for 44 species of the family Charadriidae. This species ranks 2nd among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Charadrius vociferus. Its record count is 6.8 times 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

• Masked Lapwing
• Southern Lapwing
• Red-wattled Lapwing
• Blacksmith Lapwing
• Crowned Lapwing
• Spur-winged Lapwing
• African Wattled Lapwing
• Yellow-wattled Lapwing
• Killdeer
• Common Ringed Plover

Credits & data sources

• Wikidata
• GBIF.org