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Brown-chested lapwing

Vanellus superciliosus (Reichenow, 1886)

LCLeast Concernbirds

The brown-chested lapwing (Vanellus superciliosus) is a species in the family Charadriidae, order Charadriiformes. Recorded adults weigh about 150 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Brown-chested lapwing (Vanellus superciliosus)
Photo: Francesco Veronesi from Italy · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the brown-chested lapwing

Weight
150 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
grasslandsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
2.8 – 3.5src 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
Not recorded

Where does the brown-chested lapwing live?

Not recorded

What is the brown-chested lapwing?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The brown-chested lapwing, also brown-chested wattled plover, (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.

From the Wikipedia article “Brown-chested lapwing” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Brown-chested_lapwing&oldid=1352291418), 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 brown-chested lapwing endangered?

The brown-chested 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. What the categories mean.

How is the brown-chested lapwing classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderCharadriiformes
  5. familyCharadriidae
  6. genusVanellus
  7. SpeciesVanellus superciliosus (Reichenow, 1886)

Synonyms Anomalophrys superciliosus, Lobivanellus superciliosus, Stephanibyx superciliosus

Other names and names in other languages (35)
  • BCLAEnglish
  • Brown-chested wattled ploverEnglish
  • أبو طيط بني الصدرArabic
  • fredeluga de pit rogencCatalan
  • čejka hnědoprsáCzech
  • cornchwiglen fronwinauWelsh
  • Brunbrystet VibeDanish
  • RotbrustkiebitzGerman
  • brunbrusta vaneloEsperanto
  • Avefría pechirrufaSpanish
  • roosterind-kiivitajaEstonian
  • خروسکلی سینهقهوهایPersian
  • ruskorintahyyppäFinnish
  • Vanneau à poitrine châtainFrench
  • Vanneau à poitrine châtaineFrench
  • riđoprsi vivakCroatian
  • rozsdásmellű bíbicHungarian
  • Կարմրակուրծք կիվիվArmenian
  • Pavoncella pettobrunoItalian
  • チャムネトサカゲリJapanese
  • rudakrūtė pempėLithuanian
  • BruinborstkievitDutch
  • brunbrystvipeNorwegian
  • czajka rdzawopierśnaPolish
  • abibe-de-peito-marromPortuguese
  • abibe-de-peito-castanhoPortuguese
  • Рыжегрудый чибисRussian
  • Красногрудый чибисRussian
  • cíbik hnedoprsýSlovak
  • Smeđogrudi vivakSerbian
  • brunbröstad vipaSwedish
  • Kızıl Kuşaklı KızkuşuTurkish
  • чайка рудогрудаUkrainian
  • 褐胸麥雞Chinese
  • 褐胸麦鸡Chinese

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Relatives of the brown-chested lapwing

Other species in the same genus Vanellus.

CompareBrown-chested lapwing vs Northern lapwingBrown-chested lapwing vs Red-wattled lapwingBrown-chested lapwing vs Sociable lapwingBrown-chested lapwing vs White-tailed lapwing

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the brown-chested lapwing?

An adult brown-chested lapwing weighs 150 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the brown-chested lapwing endangered?

The brown-chested 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 brown-chested lapwing?

The brown-chested lapwing (Vanellus superciliosus) belongs to the family Charadriidae in the order Charadriiformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Brown-chested lapwing (Vanellus superciliosus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/brown-chested-lapwing

MLA

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BibTeX
@misc{brown_chested_lapwing_2026,
  title = {Brown-chested lapwing (Vanellus superciliosus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/brown-chested-lapwing},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}