Yellow-wattled Lapwing
Vanellus malabaricus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
- FamilyCharadriidae (Plovers and Lapwings)
- GenusVanellus (Lapwings)
- SpeciesVanellus malabaricus (Yellow-wattled Lapwing)
Closest Relatives at Jim Corbett National Park
Red-wattled Lapwing
Vanellus indicus
River Lapwing
Vanellus duvaucelii
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellus
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinus
River Tern
Sterna aurantia
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropus
Common Greenshank
Tringa nebularia
Black-winged Stilt
Himantopus himantopus
Great Thick-knee
Esacus recurvirostris
Bronze-winged Jacana
Metopidius indicus
Common Redshank
Tringa totanus
📅 Monthly Probability
🌅 When They're Spotted
Most active at dawn and dusk · 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 | Yala National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 2 | Kanha National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Bandhavgarh National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 4 | Wilpattu National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 5 | Ranthambore National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 6 | Keoladeo National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 7 | Satpura National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 8 | Nagarhole National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 9 | Jim Corbett National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 10 | Chitwan National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 11 | Minneriya National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 12 | Sinharaja Forest Reserve | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Yellow-wattled Lapwing in Jim Corbett National Park?
About 1% of visitor-days record a Yellow-wattled Lapwing sighting in Jim Corbett National Park, based on 24 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Yellow-wattled Lapwing in Jim Corbett National Park?
May has the highest sighting rate for Yellow-wattled Lapwing in Jim Corbett National Park in our monthly data.