Vanellus superciliosus
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
The brown-chested lapwing, also brown-chested wattled plover, (Vanellus superciliosus) is a species of bird in the family Charadriidae. It resides year-round in a narrow strip of land from southwestern Nigeria to northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo; its wintering range extends toward Lake Chad, Lake Victoria and northern Zambia.
V. superciliosus is a carnivorous bird feeding on insects, larvae, crickets, bugs, grasshoppers, etc. Their preferred habitat is grassy lands, open savannas or grounds of Mopane forests. Wikipedia →
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Uganda · 2015
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lake Mburo National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 2 | Virunga National Park | 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo | |
| 3 | Murchison Falls National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 4 | Akagera National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 5 | Queen Elizabeth National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abuja | 🇳🇬 Nigeria |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Brown-chested Lapwing sighting in Abuja on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 126th most-seen of the 131 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Brown-chested Lapwing in Abuja on a given day, against under 5% in March to January, the lowest months. That is one of Abuja's driest months, with about 5 mm of rain against 250 mm in August.
Only Abuja, in our data
Abuja is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Brown-chested Lapwing sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Vanellus
The closest relatives of the Brown-chested Lapwing that you can see in Abuja (genus Vanellus, Lapwings) are Spur-winged Lapwing (about 30%) and African Wattled Lapwing (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Brown-chested Lapwing is recorded against all the birds logged in Abuja (5 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
