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title: "River Lapwing"
description: "Vanellus duvaucelii — Uccelli. The river lapwing (Vanellus duvaucelii) is a lapwing species which breeds from the Indian subcontinent eastwards to Southeast Asia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/river-lapwing
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# River Lapwing

> Vanellus duvaucelii — Uccelli. The river lapwing (Vanellus duvaucelii) is a lapwing species which breeds from the Indian subcontinent eastwards to Southeast Asia.

- Scientific name: *Vanellus duvaucelii*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Laghi e fiumi)
- iNaturalist observations: 1056
- Wikidata: [Q956855](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q956855)
- iNaturalist taxon: [4854](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/4854)

## Names

- en: River Lapwing
- de: Flusskiebitz
- es: Avefría Fluvial
- fr: Vanneau pie
- nl: Indische sporenkievit
- pt: Abibe-ribeirinho
- pl: Czajka rzeczna

## Countries with the most observations

IN (643), NP (149), TH (100), BT (65), BD (18), CN (18), MM (8), KH (6), LA (5)

## Summary

The river lapwing (Vanellus duvaucelii) is a lapwing species which breeds from the Indian subcontinent eastwards to Southeast Asia.  It range includes much of northern and northeastern India, and extends through Southeast Asia to Vietnam. It appears to be entirely sedentary. Formerly also called spur-winged lapwing, this name is better reserved for one of the "spur-winged plovers" of old, Vanellus spinosus of Africa, whose scientific name it literally translates. The masked lapwing of Australasia was at one time also called "spur-winged plover" (and still is in New Zealand), completing the name confusion.
This species…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_lapwing

## Photo

![River Lapwing](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/river-lapwing/medium.jpg)

Photo: Nicolás Tamargo · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/247740546

## Machine access

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