Southern Lapwing
Vanellus chilensis
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
- FamilyCharadriidae (Plovers and Lapwings)
- GenusVanellus (Lapwings)
- SpeciesVanellus chilensis (Southern Lapwing)
Closest Relatives at Arenal Volcano National Park
Semipalmated Plover
Charadrius semipalmatus
Killdeer
Charadrius vociferus
Spotted Sandpiper
Actitis macularius
Northern Jacana
Jacana spinosa
Black-necked Stilt
Himantopus mexicanus
Laughing Gull
Leucophaeus atricilla
Solitary Sandpiper
Tringa solitaria
Lesser Yellowlegs
Tringa flavipes
Willet
Tringa semipalmata
Short-billed Dowitcher
Limnodromus griseus
Least Sandpiper
Calidris minutilla
Royal Tern
Thalasseus maximus
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Southern Lapwing in Arenal Volcano National Park?
About 2% of visitor-days record a Southern Lapwing sighting in Arenal Volcano National Park, based on 231 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Southern Lapwing in Arenal Volcano National Park?
March has the highest sighting rate for Southern Lapwing in Arenal Volcano National Park in our monthly data.