Northern lapwing

Northern lapwing
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Charadriidae
Genus: Vanellus
Species:
V. vanellus
Binomial name
Vanellus vanellus
Northern lapwing distribution. Light green: summer visitor. Dark green: resident. Blue: winter visitor.
Synonyms[3]
  • Tringa vanellus Linnaeus, 1758
  • Vanellus cristatus Meyer[2]
  • Vanellus vulgaris Bechstein[2]

The northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus), also known as the peewit or pewit, tuit or tewit, green plover, or (in Ireland and Great Britain) pyewipe or just lapwing, is a bird in the lapwing subfamily. It is common through temperate Eurosiberia.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2017) [amended version of 2016 assessment]. "Vanellus vanellus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22693949A111044786. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T22693949A111044786.en. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Vanellus vanellus (Linnaeus, 1758) – Northern Lapwing". Species Inventory. The Natural History Museum. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
  3. ^ "Vanellus vanellus". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 11 May 2022.