Skip to content
BirdGachaTHE FIELD GUIDE

WORLD BIRDS / IOC 15.2

Grey-headed Lapwing

Vanellus cinereus

Grey-headed Lapwing belongs to Charadriidae, within the order Charadriiformes. Explore the recorded facts below, then discover other birds in the same family.

View its game card & available calls ↗
Grey-headed Lapwing · Vanellus cinereus
Illustration, not a field photograph.

Taxonomy & recorded facts

Scientific name
Vanellus cinereus
Order
Charadriiformes
Family
Charadriidae
Conservation record
LC · Least Concern
Habitat in source
Wetland
Reported mass
270 g
Reported wingspan
75.5 cm

Conservation categories reflect the source dataset, not a live IUCN assessment. Missing measurements are omitted. Game combat values are not biological measurements.

Distribution record

古北界:黑龙江和内蒙古(中国中北部、东北部)内陆,本州至九州(日本中部、南部)

Original Chinese range description retained from the source catalog.

Read further & sources

Wikipedia article or species search ↗ · Catalog sources & illustration credits

Illustration source:huashu-bird-sticker · PolyForm-Shield-1.0.0 · Alpsdake · Reference record ↗

More in this family