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Black-winged Lapwing (Vanellus melanopterus)

Black-winged Lapwing (Vanellus melanopterus)
Black-winged Lapwing (Vanellus melanopterus)

About Black-winged Lapwing (Vanellus melanopterus)

  • Kingdom: Animals
  • Phylum: Chordates
  • Class: Birds
  • Order: Shorebirds and Allies
  • Family: Plovers

Major Threats

This species is threatened by habitat loss in South Africa as a result of commercial afforestation (Allan, et al. 1997, Hockey, et al. 2005).

International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources

Lifelists

Visits

  • 2011-01-13
    Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia
    Image from 2011-01-13