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title: "Abibe-carunculado"
description: "Vanellus senegallus — Aves. The African wattled lapwing (Vanellus senegallus), also known as the Senegal wattled plover or simply wattled lapwing, is a large lapwing, a group of largish waders in the family Charadriidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/wattled-lapwing
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Abibe-carunculado

> Vanellus senegallus — Aves. The African wattled lapwing (Vanellus senegallus), also known as the Senegal wattled plover or simply wattled lapwing, is a large lapwing, a group of largish waders in the family Charadriidae.

- Scientific name: *Vanellus senegallus*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Campos e prados), `savanna` (Savana)
- iNaturalist observations: 3902
- Wikidata: [Q875949](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q875949)
- iNaturalist taxon: [4868](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/4868)

## Names

- en: Wattled Lapwing
- de: Senegalkiebitz
- es: Avefría senegalesa
- fr: Vanneau du Sénégal
- nl: Lelkievit
- pt: Abibe-carunculado
- pl: Czajka płowa

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (1657), UG (301), BJ (285), KE (270), GM (212), ZM (148), ZW (129), NA (92), SN (89), RW (81), TZ (75), BW (63)

## Summary

The African wattled lapwing (Vanellus senegallus), also known as the Senegal wattled plover or simply wattled lapwing, is a large lapwing, a group of largish waders in the family Charadriidae. It is a resident breeder in most of sub-Saharan Africa outside the rainforests, although it has seasonal movements.
These are conspicuous and unmistakable birds. They are large brown waders with a black crown, white forehead and large yellow facial wattles. The tail is white, tipped black, and the long legs are yellow.
In flight, the upperwings have black flight feathers and brown coverts separated by a white bar. The underwings…

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

## Photo

![Abibe-carunculado](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/wattled-lapwing/medium.jpg)

Photo: Andrew Deacon · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/40678970

## Machine access

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