---
title: "Tui-tui-ferrão"
description: "Vanellus spinosus — Aves. The spur-winged lapwing or spur-winged plover (Vanellus spinosus) is a lapwing species, one of a group of largish waders in the family Charadriidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/spur-winged-lapwing
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Tui-tui-ferrão

> Vanellus spinosus — Aves. The spur-winged lapwing or spur-winged plover (Vanellus spinosus) is a lapwing species, one of a group of largish waders in the family Charadriidae.

- Scientific name: *Vanellus spinosus*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Campos e prados), `freshwater` (Lagos e rios), `savanna` (Savana)
- iNaturalist observations: 6063
- Wikidata: [Q749126](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q749126)
- iNaturalist taxon: [4866](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/4866)

## Names

- en: Spur-winged Lapwing
- de: Spornkiebitz
- es: Avefría espinosa
- fr: Vanneau à éperons
- nl: Sporenkievit
- pt: Tui-tui-ferrão
- pl: Czajka szponiasta

## Countries with the most observations

IL (1148), KE (768), EG (531), GM (442), UG (359), SN (263), TZ (235), TR (234), ET (215), GR (214), BJ (164), CY (160)

## Summary

The spur-winged lapwing or spur-winged plover (Vanellus spinosus) is a lapwing species, one of a group of largish waders in the family Charadriidae.

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

## Photo

![Tui-tui-ferrão](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/spur-winged-lapwing/medium.jpg)

Photo: Светлана Царахова · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/180747277

## Machine access

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