---
title: "Barbilhão-de-gola-branca"
description: "Vanellus albiceps — Aves. The white-crowned lapwing, white-headed lapwing, white-headed plover or white-crowned plover (Vanellus albiceps) is a medium-sized wader."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/white-crowned-lapwing
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Barbilhão-de-gola-branca

> Vanellus albiceps — Aves. The white-crowned lapwing, white-headed lapwing, white-headed plover or white-crowned plover (Vanellus albiceps) is a medium-sized wader.

- Scientific name: *Vanellus albiceps*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Lagos e rios)
- iNaturalist observations: 1667
- Wikidata: [Q367317](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q367317)
- iNaturalist taxon: [4855](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/4855)

## Names

- en: White-crowned Lapwing
- de: Weißscheitelkiebitz
- es: Avefría Coroniblanca
- fr: Vanneau à tête blanche
- nl: Witkruinkievit
- pt: Barbilhão-de-gola-branca
- pl: Czajka białołbista

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (554), ZM (338), BW (221), ZW (151), TZ (82), NA (52), SN (40), GA (35), MW (25), CM (21), NG (16), MZ (12)

## Summary

The white-crowned lapwing, white-headed lapwing, white-headed plover or white-crowned plover (Vanellus albiceps) is a medium-sized wader. It is resident throughout tropical Africa, usually near large rivers.

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

## Photo

![Barbilhão-de-gola-branca](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/white-crowned-lapwing/medium.jpg)

Photo: Лариса Артемьева · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/303776248

## Machine access

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