Grey-headed lapwing

Grey-headed lapwing
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Charadriidae
Genus: Vanellus
Species:
V. cinereus
Binomial name
Vanellus cinereus
(Blyth, 1842)
Synonyms

Hoplopterus cinereus (Blyth, 1842)
Microsarcops cinereus (Blyth, 1842)
Pluvianus cinereus Blyth, 1842

The grey-headed lapwing (Vanellus cinereus) is a lapwing species which breeds in northeast China and Japan. The mainland population winters in northern Southeast Asia from northeastern India to Cambodia. The Japanese population winters, at least partially, in southern Honshū.

In flight at Kathmandu Valley, Nepal.

This species has occurred as a vagrant in Russia, the Philippines, Indonesia, New South Wales, Australia and Sri Lanka,[1] as well as Sweden and England.[2]

  1. ^ a b BirdLife International (2016). "Vanellus cinereus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22694010A93433492. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22694010A93433492.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Grey-headed lapwing: Sighting in Northumberland is UK first". BBC News. 2023-05-02. Retrieved 2023-06-20.