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title: "Czajka koroniasta"
description: "Vanellus coronatus — Ptaki. The crowned lapwing (Vanellus coronatus), crowned plover or kiewiet (in South African English), is a bird of the lapwing subfamily that occurs contiguously from the Red Sea coast of Somalia to southern and southwestern Africa."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/crowned-lapwing
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Czajka koroniasta

> Vanellus coronatus — Ptaki. The crowned lapwing (Vanellus coronatus), crowned plover or kiewiet (in South African English), is a bird of the lapwing subfamily that occurs contiguously from the Red Sea coast of Somalia to southern and southwestern Africa.

- Scientific name: *Vanellus coronatus*
- Category: `birds` (Ptaki)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Łąki i pola), `savanna` (Sawanna)
- iNaturalist observations: 5721
- Wikidata: [Q369800](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q369800)
- iNaturalist taxon: [4877](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/4877)

## Names

- en: Crowned Lapwing
- de: Kronenkiebitz
- es: Avefría Coronada
- fr: Vanneau couronné
- nl: Diadeemkievit
- pt: Abibe-coroado
- pl: Czajka koroniasta

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (3113), KE (824), TZ (563), NA (398), BW (242), ZW (85), UG (66), ZM (64), ET (45), MW (22), SZ (16), RW (11)

## Summary

The crowned lapwing (Vanellus coronatus), crowned plover or kiewiet (in South African English), is a bird of the lapwing subfamily that occurs contiguously from the Red Sea coast of Somalia to southern and southwestern Africa. It is an adaptable and numerous species, with bold and noisy habits. It is related to the more localized black-winged and Senegal lapwings, with which it shares some plumage characteristics.

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

## Photo

![Czajka koroniasta](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/crowned-lapwing/medium.jpg)

Photo: NINA WENÓLI · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/81690393

## Machine access

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