Brown-chested lapwing

Brown-chested lapwing
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Charadriiformes
Family:	Charadriidae
Genus:	Vanellus
Species:	V. superciliosus
Binomial name
Vanellus superciliosus (Reichenow, 1886)
Synonyms
Anomalophrys superciliosus (Reichenow, 1886) Lobivanellus superciliosus Reichenow, 1886

The brown-chested lapwing (Vanellus superciliosus) is a species of bird in the family Charadriidae. It resides year-round in a narrow strip of land from southwestern Nigeria to northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo; its wintering range extends toward Lake Chad, Lake Victoria and northern Zambia.