• Synonyms White-crowned Wattled Plover, Crowned Lapwing, White headed Lapwing, White-winged Lapwing, White-headed Plover, Black-shouldered Lapwing, White-headed Lapwing, Black-shouldered Wattled Lapwing, Whitecrowned Plover, Black-shouldered Wattled Plover, Black-shouldered Plover, White-crowned Plover
  • Old latin name for bird Hoplopterus albiceps, Xiphidiopterus albiceps

White-crowned Lapwingbird sounds *

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  • 1.
    Flight call, © Martin St-Michel
    Tanzania
  • 2.
    Flight call, © Gary Allport
    South Africa
  • 3.
    Call, © Peter Boesman
    Senegal
  • 4.
    Flight call, © Martin St-Michel
    Tanzania
  • 5.
    Call, © Peter Boesman
    Senegal
  • 6.
    Call, © Étienne Leroy
    Gabon
  • 7.
    Call, © Paul Driver
    South Africa
  • 8.
    Call, © Bram Piot
    Senegal
  • 9.
    Call, © Derek Solomon
    Zambia
  • 10.
    Call, © Louis A. Hansen
    Tanzania
  • 11.
    Call, © Derek Solomon
    Zambia
* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API

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Where to see White-crowned Lapwing

  • Breeding region Africa
  • Breeding subregion inland Senegal to Liberia and n Angola, e to w South Sudan, nw Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia to Mozambique and ne South Africa

Species Name in Other Languages

LanguageTranslation
AfrikaansWitkopkiewiet
Azerbaijaniağbaş çökükburun
Bengaliধরাভুকুট টিটি
Catalanfredeluga de capell blanc
Chinese白头麦鸡
Chinese (Traditional)白頭麥雞
Chuvashшур пуçлă текерлĕк
Croatiansivovrati vivak
CzechCejka lalocnatá, čejka laločnatá
DanishHvidkronet Vibe
DutchWitkruinkievit
EsperantoBlankkrona vanelo
Estonianleetekiivitaja
Finnishviiksihyyppä
FrenchVanneau à tête blanche
GermanWeißscheitelkibietz, Langspornkiebitz, Weißscheitelkiebitz
GreekΛευκοκέφαλη Καλημάνα
Hungarianfehérfejű bíbic
ItalianPavoncella corona bianca, Pavoncella testabianca
Japaneseシロガシラトサカゲリ
Lithuanianbaltagalvė pempė
Norwegianhvitkronevipe
Norwegian NynorskKvitkronevipe
Polishczajka białołbista, czajka białoczelna, czajka bialoczelna
Portugueseabibe-de-coroa-branca
RussianБелоголовая пигалица, Белоголовый чибис
SerbianBeloglavi vivak, Belokrili resasti vivak
Slovakcíbik bielohlavý
SpanishAvefría de Corona Blanca, Avefría coroniblanca
SwahiliKiluwiluwi Utosi-mweupe
Swedishvitkronad vipa
TurkishAk Tepeli Kızkuşu
Ukrainianчайка вусата