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Crowned lapwing

Vanellus coronatus (Boddaert, 1783)

LCLeast Concernbirds

The crowned lapwing (Vanellus coronatus) is a species in the family Charadriidae, order Charadriiformes. Recorded adults weigh 156 g to 171 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Crowned lapwing (Vanellus coronatus)
Photo: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the crowned lapwing

Weight
156 g – 171 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
grasslandsrc for Habitat
Egg incubation
30 dayssrc for Egg incubation
Young per litter or clutch
2.4 – 2.6src 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

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Where does the crowned lapwing live?

Not recorded

What is the crowned lapwing?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The crowned lapwing (Vanellus coronatus), crowned plover or kiewiet (in South African English), is a bird of the lapwing subfamily that occurs contiguously from the Red Sea coast of Somalia to southern and southwestern Africa. It is an adaptable and numerous species, with bold and noisy habits. It is related to the more localized black-winged and Senegal lapwings, with which it shares some plumage characteristics.

From the Wikipedia article “Crowned lapwing” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Crowned_lapwing&oldid=1371426358), 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 crowned lapwing endangered?

The crowned 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 crowned lapwing classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderCharadriiformes
  5. familyCharadriidae
  6. genusVanellus
  7. SpeciesVanellus coronatus (Boddaert, 1783)

Synonyms Hoplopterus coronatus, Stephanibyx coronatus

Other names and names in other languages (41)
  • CRLAEnglish
  • Crowned ploverEnglish
  • Crowned ploverEnglish
  • Crowned ploverEnglish
  • KroonkiewietAfrikaans
  • KiewietjierooibeenAfrikaans
  • أبو طيط متوجArabic
  • Kornigell gabellekBreton
  • fredeluga coronadaCatalan
  • čejka korunkatáCzech
  • cornchwiglen goronogWelsh
  • KronvibeDanish
  • KronenkiebitzGerman
  • krona vaneloEsperanto
  • Avefría coronadaSpanish
  • kroonkiivitajaEstonian
  • خروسکلی تاجدارPersian
  • kruunuhyyppäFinnish
  • Vanneau couronnéFrench
  • קיווית כיפהHebrew
  • krunati vivakCroatian
  • koronás bíbicHungarian
  • Pavoncella coronataItalian
  • オウカンゲリJapanese
  • vainikuotoji pempėLithuanian
  • KroonplevierDutch
  • diadeemkievitDutch
  • kronvipeNorwegian
  • czajka koroniastaPolish
  • abibe-coroadoPortuguese
  • Венценосный чибисRussian
  • cíbik korunkatýSlovak
  • Krunasti vivakSerbian
  • kronvipaSwedish
  • Taçlı KızkuşuTurkish
  • lerweerweeTswana
  • lethejwaneTswana
  • чайка чорнолобаUkrainian
  • Чайка вінценоснаUkrainian
  • 冕麥雞Chinese
  • 冕麦鸡Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataWoRMSIUCN Red List

Relatives of the crowned lapwing

Other species in the same genus Vanellus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the crowned lapwing?

An adult crowned lapwing weighs 156 g – 171 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the crowned lapwing endangered?

The crowned 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 crowned lapwing?

The crowned lapwing (Vanellus coronatus) belongs to the family Charadriidae in the order Charadriiformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Crowned lapwing (Vanellus coronatus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/crowned-lapwing

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BibTeX
@misc{crowned_lapwing_2026,
  title = {Crowned lapwing (Vanellus coronatus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/crowned-lapwing},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}