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White-crowned lapwing

Vanellus albiceps Gould, 1834

LCLeast Concernbirds

The white-crowned lapwing (Vanellus albiceps) is a species in the family Charadriidae, order Charadriiformes. Recorded adults weigh about 192 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

White-crowned lapwing (Vanellus albiceps)
Photo: Chris Eason from London · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the white-crowned lapwing

Weight
192 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Aquatic predatorsrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
wetlandsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
2.8 – 3src 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 white-crowned lapwing live?

Not recorded

What is the white-crowned lapwing?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The white-crowned lapwing, white-headed lapwing, white-headed plover or white-crowned plover (Vanellus albiceps) is a medium-sized wader. It is resident throughout tropical Africa, usually near large rivers.

From the Wikipedia article “White-crowned lapwing” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=White-crowned_lapwing&oldid=1375767892), 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 white-crowned lapwing endangered?

The white-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. What the categories mean.

How is the white-crowned lapwing classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderCharadriiformes
  5. familyCharadriidae
  6. genusVanellus
  7. SpeciesVanellus albiceps Gould, 1834

Synonyms Hoplopterus albiceps, Xiphidiopterus albiceps

Other names and names in other languages (41)
  • Black-shouldered wattled ploverEnglish
  • White-crowned ploverEnglish
  • White-headed lapwingEnglish
  • WHLAEnglish
  • WitkopkiewietAfrikaans
  • WitkopkiewietjieAfrikaans
  • أبو طيط أبيض الرأسArabic
  • Белоглава калугерицаBulgarian
  • Kornigell penn gwennBreton
  • fredeluga de capell blancCatalan
  • čejka laločnatáCzech
  • cornchwiglen labedogWelsh
  • Hvidkronet VibeDanish
  • WeißscheitelkiebitzGerman
  • Blankkrona vaneloEsperanto
  • blankakrona vaneloEsperanto
  • Avefría coroniblancaSpanish
  • leetekiivitajaEstonian
  • خروسکلی تاجسفیدPersian
  • viiksihyyppäFinnish
  • Vanneau à tête blancheFrench
  • sivovrati vivakCroatian
  • fehérfejű bíbicHungarian
  • Սպիտակագլուխ եղտյուրիկArmenian
  • Pavoncella testabiancaItalian
  • シロガシラトサカゲリJapanese
  • baltagalvė pempėLithuanian
  • WitkruinkievitDutch
  • hvitkronevipeNorwegian
  • czajka białołbistaPolish
  • abibe-de-coroa-brancaPortuguese
  • Barbilhão-de-gola-brancaPortuguese
  • Белоголовый чибисRussian
  • Белоголовая пигалицаRussian
  • cíbik bielohlavýSlovak
  • Belokrili resasti vivakSerbian
  • vitkronad vipaSwedish
  • Ak Tepeli KızkuşuTurkish
  • чайка вусатаUkrainian
  • 白头麦鸡Chinese
  • 白頭麥雞Chinese

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Relatives of the white-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 white-crowned lapwing?

An adult white-crowned lapwing weighs 192 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the white-crowned lapwing endangered?

The white-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 white-crowned lapwing?

The white-crowned lapwing (Vanellus albiceps) belongs to the family Charadriidae in the order Charadriiformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). White-crowned lapwing (Vanellus albiceps). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/white-crowned-lapwing

MLA

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BibTeX
@misc{white_crowned_lapwing_2026,
  title = {White-crowned lapwing (Vanellus albiceps)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/white-crowned-lapwing},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}