Blacksmith Lapwing
Vanellus armatus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
- FamilyCharadriidae (Plovers and Lapwings)
- GenusVanellus (Lapwings)
- SpeciesVanellus armatus (Blacksmith Lapwing)
Closest Relatives at Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park
Crowned Lapwing
Vanellus coronatus
Spotted Thick-knee
Burhinus capensis
African Jacana
Actophilornis africanus
Double-banded Courser
Rhinoptilus africanus
Bronze-winged Courser
Rhinoptilus chalcopterus
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropus
Ruff
Calidris pugnax
Greater Painted-Snipe
Rostratula benghalensis
Black-winged Stilt
Himantopus himantopus
Common Greenshank
Tringa nebularia
Burchell's Courser
Cursorius rufus
Temminck's Courser
Cursorius temminckii
📅 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 Blacksmith Lapwing in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park?
About 4% of visitor-days record a Blacksmith Lapwing sighting in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, based on 10 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Blacksmith Lapwing in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park?
January has the highest sighting rate for Blacksmith Lapwing in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park in our monthly data.