Vanellus crassirostris
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
The long-toed lapwing (Vanellus crassirostris), also known as the long-toed plover, is a species of wading bird in the lapwing subfamily, within the family Charadriidae. It is mainly sedentary and found across central and eastern Africa, from Chad and South Sudan in the north to Mozambique in the southeast of its range. It is one of 13 species of ground-nesting lapwings found in Africa.
The long-toed lapwing was formally described by Gustav Hartlaub in 1855 under the binomial name Chettusia crassirostris in the Journal für Ornithologie. The species is now one of 24 placed with the other lapwings in the genus Vanellus which was described in 1760 by Mathurin Jacques Brisson, a French zoologist. Vanellus comes from the Medieval Latin 'vannus', meaning winnowing fan, a reference to the sound of the wings of lapwings in flight. The species name crassirostris means thick-billed.
The long-toed lapwing was formerly placed within the monospecific genus Hemiparra, but now resides in the genus Vanellus with other lapwings. Vanellus is one of 10 genera of the family Charadriidae, which aside from the lapwings also contains plovers and dotterels. Members of Charadriidae generally... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amboseli National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 2 | Moremi Game Reserve | 🇧🇼 Botswana | |
| 3 | Chobe National Park | 🇧🇼 Botswana | |
| 4 | Liwonde National Park | 🇲🇼 Malawi | |
| 5 | Nairobi National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 6 | Murchison Falls National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 7 | Akagera National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 8 | Ngorongoro Conservation Area | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 9 | Lake Nakuru National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 10 | Tarangire National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 11 | Virunga National Park | 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo | |
| 12 | Queen Elizabeth National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 13 | Lower Zambezi National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 14 | Lake Mburo National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 15 | Mana Pools National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 16 | Kafue National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 17 | Masai Mara National Reserve | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 18 | Gorongosa National Park | 🇲🇿 Mozambique | |
| 19 | Tsavo West National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 20 | Arusha National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 21 | Serengeti National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Diego Zoo Safari Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Berlin Zoological Garden | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 3 | Wilhelma | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 4 | Aquarium Berlin | 🇩🇪 Germany |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Long-toed Lapwing sighting in Kampala on a given day, based on 115 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 124th most-seen of the 332 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February–March, May and September–November
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Long-toed Lapwing in Kampala on a given day, against under 5% in April, June–August and December–January, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Long-toed Lapwing sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 2 cities where we can rate Long-toed Lapwing sightings, Kampala has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Kigali (Rwanda, under 5%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Long-toed Lapwing is recorded against all the birds logged in Kampala (115 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.
