crowned lapwing, crowned plover (Vanellus coronatus) Vanellus coronatus
Afrikaans: 'n Kroonkiewiet in Tanzanië
English: A Crowned Lapwing, also called Crowned Plover, in Tanzania
Date 7 December 2007
Author Dick Daniels (http://carolinabirds.org/)
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Crowned_Lapwing_(Vanellus_coronatus)_RWD.jpg
The crowned lapwing (Vanellus coronatus), or crowned plover, is a bird of the lapwing subfamily that occurs contiguously from the Red Sea coast of Somalia to southern and southwestern Africa. It is an adaptable and numerous species, with bold and noisy habits. It is related to the more localized black-winged and Senegal lapwings, with which it shares some plumage characteristics.
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Charadriidae
Genus: Vanellus
Species: Vanellus coronatus (Boddaert, 1783)
Synonyms:
Charadrius coronatus (Boddaert, 1783)
Hoplopterus coronatus (Boddaert, 1783)
Stephanibyx coronatus (Boddaert, 1783)
