Crowned Lapwing
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Crowned Lapwing

Vanellus coronatus

Overview

Kruger National Park, Serengeti National Park and Ngorongoro Conservation Area are among the 28 atlas places where the Crowned Lapwing is recorded. Its records concentrate in South Africa, Kenya and Tanzania, and the atlas map shows where these sightings gather. There are about 187,000 records of this bird from ten countries.

Records of Vanellus coronatus span every month of the year.

Records
186,974
Countries
10
Atlas places
28
Months with records
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Each bar is the share of its 200 month-dated grid cells with records in that month.

Recorded in and around these atlas places

These are open occurrence records, so they show where people looked for and recorded the Crowned 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.

  • South Africa
    25 km zone · high confidence · 162137 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Kenya
    25 km zone · high confidence · 12268 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Tanzania
    25 km zone · high confidence · 6607 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Namibia
    25 km zone · high confidence · 3316 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Botswana
    25 km zone · high confidence · 1234 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Uganda
    25 km zone · high confidence · 1101 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Eswatini
    25 km zone · high confidence · 311 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 Crowned Lapwing