Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
- FamilyCharadriidae (Plovers and Lapwings)
- GenusVanellus (Lapwings)
- SpeciesVanellus vanellus (Northern Lapwing)
Closest Relatives at Gauja National Park
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatus
Little Tern
Sternula albifrons
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundus
Common Gull
Larus canus
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropus
Eurasian Woodcock
Scolopax rusticola
Common Tern
Sterna hirundo
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareola
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinago
Jack Snipe
Lymnocryptes minimus
Eurasian Curlew
Numenius arquata
📅 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
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fertő-Hanság National Park | 🇭🇺 Hungary | |
| 2 | Hortobágy National Park | 🇭🇺 Hungary | |
| 3 | Biebrza National Park | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 4 | Kiskunság National Park | 🇭🇺 Hungary | |
| 5 | Wadden Sea National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 6 | Białowieża National Park | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 7 | Cairngorms National Park | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 8 | Doñana National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 9 | Snowdonia National Park | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 10 | Kaziranga National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 11 | Monfragüe National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 12 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 13 | Gauja National Park | 🇱🇻 Latvia | |
| 14 | Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park | 🇲🇳 Mongolia | |
| 15 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 16 | Sierra de Guadarrama National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 17 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 18 | Tatra National Park | 🇸🇰 Slovakia | |
| 19 | Chitwan National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 20 | Aigüestortes National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 21 | Triglav National Park | 🇸🇮 Slovenia | |
| 22 | Keoladeo National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 23 | Jim Corbett National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 24 | Taroko National Park | 🇹🇼 Taiwan |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Northern Lapwing in Gauja National Park?
About 6% of visitor-days record a Northern Lapwing sighting in Gauja National Park, based on 35 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Northern Lapwing in Gauja National Park?
April has the highest sighting rate for Northern Lapwing in Gauja National Park in our monthly data.