Black-headed Lapwing bird informationValues
Conservation statusLC - Least concern
SynonymsBlackhead Plover, Black-headed Plover, Blackheaded Plover, Black-headed polver, Blackhead Lapwing, Crested Wattled Lapwing, Crested Plover, Crested Wattled Plover
Old latin name for birdHoplopterus tectus, Sarciophorus tectus, Charadrius tectus
OrderShorebirds / Charadriiformes
FamilyPlovers / Charadriidae
GenusVanellus
Breeding regionAfrica
Breeding subregioninland Sahel to e Africa

Black-headed Lapwing bird sounds *

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  • 1.
    Alarm call, © Bram Piot
    Burkina Faso
  • 2.
    Call, © Andrew Spencer
    Ethiopia
  • 3.
    Call, © Andrew Spencer
    Ethiopia
  • 4.
    Alarm call, © Bram Piot
    Burkina Faso
  • 5.
    Call, © Bram Piot
    Burkina Faso
  • 6.
    Call, © Bram Piot
    Senegal
  • 7.
    Call, © Bram Piot
    Senegal
  • 8.
    Soft calls, © Peter Boesman
    Ethiopia
  • 9.
    Flight call, © Bram Piot
    Senegal
  • 10.
    Call, © Allen T. Chartier
    Gambia
* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API

Related species

Where to see Black-headed Lapwing

Black-headed Lapwing subspecies (2)

SubspeciesBreeding subregionNonbreeding subregionExtinct
Vanellus tectus latifronss Somalia to e Kenya and nc Tanzania-No
Vanellus tectus tectussw Mauritania s to Guinea-Bissau, w to Eritrea, Ethiopia and Uganda-No

Translation

LanguageTranslation
AfrikaansSwartkopkiewiet
Arabicقطقاط اسود الراس
BasqueHegabera burubeltz
BelarusianЧарначубая кнігаўка
Bengaliকারাভাথা টিটি
BretonKernigell penn du
BulgarianЧерноглава калугерица
Catalanfredeluga capnegra
Chinese非洲麦鸡
Chinese (Traditional)黑頭麥雞
Chuvashхура мăйкăчлă текерлĕк
Croatiancrnokapi vivak, Crnoglavi vivak
CzechCejka cernohlavá, čejka černohlavá
DanishSothovedet Vibe, Sorttoppet Vibe
DutchZwartkopkievit
EsperantoNigrakapa vanelo
Estoniankõnnukiivitaja
Finnishafrikantöyhtöhyyppä
FrenchVanneau coiffé, Vanneau à coiffe noire, Vanneau à tête noire
FrisianSwartkopljip
GalicianAvefría de cabeza negra
GermanSchwarzschopfkiebitz, Schwarzkopfkiebitz
GreekΜαυροκέφαλη Καλημάνα, Μαυρoκέφαλη καλημάvα
Hebrewקוית שחורת־ראש, קיוית שחורת-ראש, קיווית שחורת־ראש, קיווית שחורת-ראש
HungarianSisakos bíbic, sisakos bibic
IcelandicKollvepja
IrishFeadóg cheanndubh
ItalianPavoncella caruncolata dal ciuffo, Pavoncella testanera
Japaneseズグロゲリ
Latvianmelnkakla ķīvīte
LithuanianJuodagalvė pempė, juodakepurė pempė
MacedonianЦрноглава калуѓерка
Northern SamiČáhppesoaivuoktaláfol
NorwegianSvarttoppvipe, svarttoppvipe
Norwegian NynorskSvarttoppvipe
Polishczajka czarnoczuba
Portugueseabibe-de-cabeça-preta
RomanianNagâţ cu cap negru
RussianЧернохохлый чибис
SerbianCrnoglavi vivak
SlovakCíbik čiernochochlý, cíbik čiernochochlatý
Sloveniančrnoglava priba
SpanishAvefría De Cola Grande, Avefría coletuda
SwahiliKiluwiluwi Kishungi-kirefu
Swedishsvarthuvad vipa
TurkishKara Tepeli Kızkuşu, Kara-tepeli Kızkuşu, Kara tepeli kizkuşu
Ukrainianчайка чорночуба
WelshCornchwiglen benddu