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Banded lapwing

Vanellus tricolor (Vieillot, 1818)

LCLeast Concernbirds

The banded lapwing (Vanellus tricolor) is a species in the family Charadriidae, order Charadriiformes. Recorded adults weigh 176 g to 188 g. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Banded lapwing (Vanellus tricolor)
Photo: JJ Harrison ( https://www.jjharrison.com.au/ ) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the banded lapwing

Weight
176 g – 188 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Wingspan
61 cm – 67 cmsrc for Wingspan
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Omnivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
grasslandsrc for Habitat
Egg incubation
28 dayssrc for Egg incubation
Young per litter or clutch
4src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

How big is the banded lapwing?

BANDED LAPWING · WINGSPAN 67 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 67 cm, the recorded maximum wingspan of the banded lapwing is about 39% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the banded lapwing live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The banded lapwing is listed for 1 country.

Australia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Australia

Listed by: ITIS (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.

What is the banded lapwing?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The banded lapwing (Vanellus tricolor) is a small to medium-sized shorebird, found in small parties or large flocks on bare ground in open grasslands, agricultural land and open savannah. It is native to Australia and in the past considered as a game bird for hunting. Population estimate is 25 000 - 1 000 000. Other names include banded, black-breasted, brown flock and plain plover.

From the Wikipedia article “Banded lapwing” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Banded_lapwing&oldid=1358919876), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the banded lapwing endangered?

The banded lapwing is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species.

How is the banded lapwing classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderCharadriiformes
  5. familyCharadriidae
  6. genusVanellus
  7. SpeciesVanellus tricolor (Vieillot, 1818)

Synonyms Charadrius tricolor, Xiphidiopterus tricolor, Zonifer tricolor, Zonifer tricolor gwendolenae

Other names and names in other languages (33)
  • Black-breasted lapwingEnglish
  • Kornigell drilivBreton
  • fredeluga tricolorCatalan
  • čejka krátkonoháCzech
  • cornchwiglen resogWelsh
  • BåndvibeDanish
  • SchwarzbandkiebitzGerman
  • BrustschildkiebitzGerman
  • trikolora vaneloEsperanto
  • Avefría tricolorSpanish
  • pardkiivitajaEstonian
  • خروس کولی نواردارPersian
  • australianhyyppäFinnish
  • Vanneau tricoloreFrench
  • australski vivakCroatian
  • örvös bíbicHungarian
  • Pavoncella fasciataItalian
  • ムナオビトサカゲリJapanese
  • dryžoji pempėLithuanian
  • Australische KievitDutch
  • beltevipeNorwegian
  • czajka białogardłaPolish
  • abibe-tricolorPortuguese
  • Трёхцветный чибисRussian
  • Чернобрюхий чибисRussian
  • cíbik bielohrdlýSlovak
  • tribarvna pribaSlovenian
  • Trobojni vivakSerbian
  • bältesvipaSwedish
  • Alaca KızkuşuTurkish
  • чайка білогорлаUkrainian
  • 三色麥雞Chinese
  • 三色麦鸡Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the banded lapwing

Other species in the same genus Vanellus.

CompareBanded lapwing vs Northern lapwingBanded lapwing vs Red-wattled lapwingBanded lapwing vs Sociable lapwingBanded lapwing vs White-tailed lapwing

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the banded lapwing?

An adult banded lapwing weighs 176 g – 188 g and has a wingspan of 61 cm – 67 cm, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the banded lapwing live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the banded lapwing for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the banded lapwing endangered?

The banded lapwing is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the banded lapwing?

The banded lapwing (Vanellus tricolor) belongs to the family Charadriidae in the order Charadriiformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Banded lapwing (Vanellus tricolor). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/banded-lapwing

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BibTeX
@misc{banded_lapwing_2026,
  title = {Banded lapwing (Vanellus tricolor)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/banded-lapwing},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}