Banded Lapwing
Vanellus tricolor
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
- FamilyCharadriidae (Plovers and Lapwings)
- GenusVanellus (Lapwings)
- SpeciesVanellus tricolor (Banded Lapwing)
Closest Relatives at Great Otway National Park
Masked Lapwing
Vanellus miles
Hooded Plover
Thinornis cucullatus
Black-bellied Plover
Pluvialis squatarola
Pacific Golden-Plover
Pluvialis fulva
Red-kneed Dotterel
Erythrogonys cinctus
Silver Gull
Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae
Crested Tern
Thalasseus bergii
Pacific Gull
Larus pacificus
Sooty Oystercatcher
Haematopus fuliginosus
Latham's Snipe
Gallinago hardwickii
Whiskered Tern
Chlidonias hybrida
Caspian Tern
Hydroprogne caspia
📅 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 | Great Otway National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 2 | Flinders Ranges National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 3 | Grampians National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 4 | Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 5 | Blue Mountains National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Banded Lapwing in Great Otway National Park?
About 0% of visitor-days record a Banded Lapwing sighting in Great Otway National Park, based on 5 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Banded Lapwing in Great Otway National Park?
September has the highest sighting rate for Banded Lapwing in Great Otway National Park in our monthly data.