Southern Lapwing
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Southern Lapwing

Vanellus chilensis

Overview

The Osa Peninsula and Corcovado are the two atlas places where the Southern Lapwing is recorded. Its records concentrate in Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Panama, and the atlas map follows where they gather most thickly. There are about 534,000 open records of this bird from 14 countries.

Seasons differ by region for Vanellus chilensis, and each place page shows the months it was recorded there.

Records
533,787
Countries
14
Atlas places
2
Recorded in and around these atlas places

These are open occurrence records, so they show where people looked for and recorded the Southern Lapwing as much as where it lives. The atlas keeps a species' 200 best-recorded grid cells, so the map shows where records concentrate rather than its whole range. Cells are up to 25 km across, and every location is generalised to its cell.

Where you'll find them

Generalised encounter areas, not exact locations. Each shape is a grid cell coloured by how likely the species is there.

  • Chile
    25 km zone · high confidence · 121778 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Argentina
    25 km zone · high confidence · 110149 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Brazil
    25 km zone · high confidence · 99593 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Colombia
    25 km zone · high confidence · 98439 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Panama
    25 km zone · high confidence · 28181 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Costa Rica
    25 km zone · high confidence · 22150 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Uruguay
    25 km zone · high confidence · 21465 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Paraguay
    25 km zone · high confidence · 8022 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Venezuela
    25 km zone · high confidence · 7330 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Ecuador
    25 km zone · high confidence · 5050 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely

Conservation status not assessed here yet, so every location is generalised to its grid cell.

Photographs
1 of Southern Lapwing