| Black-winged lapwing | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Family: | Charadriidae |
| Genus: | Vanellus |
| Species: | V. melanopterus
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| Binomial name | |
| Vanellus melanopterus (Cretzschmar, 1829)
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| Synonyms | |
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Charadrius melanopterus Cretzschmar, 1829 | |
The black-winged lapwing or greater black-winged lapwing (Vanellus melanopterus) is an east African species that is found from the Ethiopian highlands in the north to central Kenya (race V. m. melanopterus), and again at middle to coastal elevations in eastern South Africa (race V. m. minor). It is a habitat specialist of short grass in well-watered temperate grasslands. They may move about locally to find ideal situations, often at night. In their tightly grouped flying flocks they resemble plovers.
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Vanellus melanopterus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22694038A93435105. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22694038A93435105.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.