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Black-winged Lapwing / Vanellus melanopterus LC

  • Synonyms Black-winged Plover, Blackwinged Plover, Black winged Lapwing, Greater Black-winged Lapwing, Greater Black-winged Plover
  • Old latin name for bird Hoplopterus melanopterus, Stephanibyx melanopterus, Charadrius melanopterus

Black-winged Lapwingbird sounds *

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  • 1.
    Call, © Peter Boesman
    South Africa
  • 2.
    Call, © Tim Cockcroft
    South Africa
  • 3.
    Call, © Peter Boesman
    South Africa
  • 4.
    Call, © Andrew Spencer
    Ethiopia
  • 5.
    Alarm call, call, flight call, © Rory Nefdt
    Kenya
  • 6.
    Call, © Peter Boesman
    Ethiopia
  • 7.
    Take-off call, © Peter Boesman
    Ethiopia
  • 8.
    Flight call, © Peter Boesman
    Ethiopia
  • 9.
    Call, © Lynette Rudman
    South Africa
  • 10.
    Call, © Peter Boesman
    South Africa
* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API

Related species

Banded Lapwing
Blacksmith Lapwing
Spur-winged Lapwing
Grey-headed Lapwing
African Wattled Lapwing
Spot-breasted Lapwing
Crowned Lapwing
Masked Lapwing
All related species (22)
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Where to see Black-winged Lapwing

  • Breeding region Africa
  • Breeding subregion inland ne to se Africa

Black-winged Lapwing subspecies (2)

SubspeciesBreeding subregionNonbreeding subregionExtinct
Vanellus melanopterus melanopterusEritrea and Ethiopia to nw Somalia-No
Vanellus melanopterus minorsc Kenya, nc Tanzania and coastal se Africa-No

Species Name in Other Languages

LanguageTranslation
AfrikaansGrootswartvlerkkiewiet
Azerbaijaniqaraqanad çökükburun
Bengaliকারা঩াি টিটি
Catalanfredeluga alanegra
Chinese黑翅麦鸡
Chinese (Traditional)黑翅麥雞
Chuvashхура çунатлă текерлĕк
Croatiansmeđoleđi vivak
CzechCejka cernokrídlá, čejka černokřídlá
DanishLys Sørgevibe
DutchZwartvleugelkievit
EsperantoNigraflugila vanelo
Estoniankarjakiivitaja
Finnishlaidunhyyppä
FrenchVanneau à ailes noires
GermanSchwarzflügelkiebitz
Hungarianfeketeszárnyú bíbic
IcelandicBlökkuvepja
ItalianPavoncella alinere
Japaneseハグロゲリ
Lithuanianjuodasparnė pempė
Norwegianfjellsørgevipe
Norwegian NynorskFjellsørgjevipe
Polishczajka czarnoskrzydła, czajka czarnoskrzydla
PortugueseAbibe-d'asa-negra, abibe-d'asa-preta
RussianЧернокрылая пигалица, Чернокрылый чибис
SerbianCrnokrili vivak
Slovakcíbik čiernokrídly
SpanishAvefría lugubroide
SwahiliKiluwiluwi Bawa-jeusi
SwedishSvartvingad vipa, ljus sorgvipa
TurkishKara Kanatlı Kızkuşu
Ukrainianчайка чорнокрила
XhosaIgxiya
ZuluiHoye