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title: "Red-wattled Lapwing"
description: "Vanellus indicus — Birds. No summary available."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/red-wattled-lapwing
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Red-wattled Lapwing

> Vanellus indicus — Birds. No summary available.

- Scientific name: *Vanellus indicus*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 17689
- Wikidata: [Q752398](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q752398)
- iNaturalist taxon: [4871](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/4871)

## Names

- en: Red-wattled Lapwing
- de: Rotlappenkiebitz
- es: Avefría india
- fr: Vanneau indien
- nl: Indische kievit
- pt: Abibe-do-índico
- pl: Czajka indyjska

## Countries with the most observations

IN (9391), TH (2642), LK (1686), AE (682), MY (519), SG (450), NP (181), VN (154), OM (135), PK (98), IR (41), BD (40)

## Photo

![Red-wattled Lapwing](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/red-wattled-lapwing/medium.jpg)

Photo: citi2024 · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/331408670

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/red-wattled-lapwing?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).