Southern Lapwing

Where to see

Southern Lapwing

Vanellus chilensis

Iberá National Park leads · 26 parks ranked by real sighting rates

Parks Ranked

Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Southern Lapwing during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)

#ParkCountrySighting
1 Iberá National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
~80%
2 Nahuel Huapi National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
~60%
3 Torres del Paine National Park 🇨🇱 Chile
~60%
4 Iguazú National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
~60%
5 Iguaçu National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~60%
6 Vicente Pérez Rosales National Park 🇨🇱 Chile
~50%
7 Chapada dos Guimarães National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~50%
8 El Palmar National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
~50%
9 Emas National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~50%
10 San Lorenzo Protected Forest 🇵🇦 Panama
~40%
11 Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas 🇧🇷 Brazil
~40%
12 Palo Verde National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~30%
13 Sierra de la Macarena National Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
~30%
14 Tierra del Fuego National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
~30%
15 Soberanía National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
~30%
16 Península Valdés 🇦🇷 Argentina
~30%
17 Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve 🇪🇨 Ecuador
~30%
18 Caroni Swamp 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago
~30%
19 Marino Ballena National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~30%
20 Los Nevados National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
~30%
21 Piedras Blancas National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~20%
22 El Impenetrable National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
~20%
23 Serra dos Órgãos National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~20%
24 Serra da Canastra National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~20%
25 Yasuní National Park 🇪🇨 Ecuador
~20%

Before you go

Which is the best park to see a Southern Lapwing?

Iberá National Park

In Iberá National Park, Argentina, about 80% of wildlife watchers report a Southern Lapwing sighting on a given day, the highest of the 26 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see a Southern Lapwing?

It depends on the park

In the top parks, the best months are January and September in Iberá National Park (about 90%), September in Nahuel Huapi National Park (about 90%) and August to November in Torres del Paine National Park (about 70%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Southern Lapwing on a given day. Each park's Southern Lapwing page has the full month-by-month chart.