Black-headed Lapwing / Vanellus tectus LC

Synonyms Blackhead Lapwing, Blackhead Plover, Blackheaded Plover, Black-headed polver, Crested Wattled Plover, Crested Plover, Crested Wattled Lapwing, Black-headed Plover
Old latin name for bird Hoplopterus tectus, Sarciophorus tectus, Charadrius tectus

Black-headed Lapwingbird sounds *

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Call, © Andrew Spencer
Ethiopia
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Soft calls, © Peter Boesman
Ethiopia
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Call, © Bram Piot
Senegal
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Call, © Bram Piot
Senegal
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Call, © Bram Piot
Burkina Faso
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Flight call, © Bram Piot
Senegal
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Call, © Allen T. Chartier
Gambia

* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API

Related species

African Wattled Lapwing

Spot-breasted Lapwing

Crowned Lapwing

Masked Lapwing

Where to see Black-headed Lapwing

Breeding region Africa
Breeding subregion inland Sahel to e Africa

Black-headed Lapwing subspecies (2)

Subspecies	Breeding subregion	Nonbreeding subregion	Extinct
Vanellus tectus latifrons	s Somalia to e Kenya and nc Tanzania	-	No
Vanellus tectus tectus	sw Mauritania s to Guinea-Bissau, w to Eritrea, Ethiopia and Uganda	-	No

Species Name in Other Languages

Language	Translation
Afrikaans	Swartkopkiewiet
Arabic	قطقاط اسود الراس
Basque	Hegabera burubeltz
Belarusian	Чарначубая кнігаўка
Bengali	কারাভাথা টিটি
Breton	Kernigell penn du
Bulgarian	Черноглава калугерица
Catalan	fredeluga capnegra
Chinese	非洲麦鸡
Chinese (Traditional)	黑頭麥雞
Chuvash	хура мăйкăчлă текерлĕк
Croatian	crnokapi vivak, Crnoglavi vivak
Czech	Cejka cernohlavá, čejka černohlavá
Danish	Sorttoppet Vibe, Sothovedet Vibe
Dutch	Zwartkopkievit
Esperanto	Nigrakapa vanelo
Estonian	kõnnukiivitaja
Finnish	afrikantöyhtöhyyppä
French	Vanneau à tête noire, Vanneau coiffé, Vanneau à coiffe noire
Frisian	Swartkopljip
Galician	Avefría de cabeza negra
German	Schwarzschopfkiebitz, Schwarzkopfkiebitz
Greek	Μαυρoκέφαλη καλημάvα, Μαυροκέφαλη Καλημάνα
Hebrew	קיוית שחורת-ראש, קיווית שחורת-ראש, קוית שחורת־ראש, קיווית שחורת־ראש
Hungarian	sisakos bibic, Sisakos bíbic
Icelandic	Kollvepja
Irish	Feadóg cheanndubh
Italian	Pavoncella caruncolata dal ciuffo, Pavoncella testanera
Japanese	ズグロゲリ
Latvian	melnkakla ķīvīte
Lithuanian	juodakepurė pempė, Juodagalvė pempė
Macedonian	Црноглава калуѓерка
Northern Sami	Čáhppesoaivuoktaláfol
Norwegian	svarttoppvipe
Norwegian Nynorsk	Svarttoppvipe
Polish	czajka czarnoczuba
Portuguese	abibe-de-cabeça-preta
Romanian	Nagâţ cu cap negru
Russian	Чернохохлый чибис
Serbian	Crnoglavi vivak
Slovak	Cíbik čiernochochlý, cíbik čiernochochlatý
Slovenian	črnoglava priba
Spanish	Avefría coletuda, Avefría De Cola Grande
Swahili	Kiluwiluwi Kishungi-kirefu
Swedish	svarthuvad vipa
Turkish	Kara tepeli kizkuşu, Kara Tepeli Kızkuşu, Kara-tepeli Kızkuşu
Ukrainian	чайка чорночуба
Welsh	Cornchwiglen benddu