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 Main Ridge Forest Reserve
Semipalmated Plover
Charadrius semipalmatus
Common Tern
Sterna hirundo
Laughing Gull
Leucophaeus atricilla
Sanderling
Calidris alba
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundus
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensis
Spotted Sandpiper
Actitis macularius
Royal Tern
Thalasseus maximus
Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa melanoleuca
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpres
Solitary Sandpiper
Tringa solitaria
Wattled Jacana
Jacana jacana
📅 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 Main Ridge Forest Reserve?
About 15% of visitor-days record a Southern Lapwing sighting in Main Ridge Forest Reserve, based on 61 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Southern Lapwing in Main Ridge Forest Reserve?
July has the highest sighting rate for Southern Lapwing in Main Ridge Forest Reserve in our monthly data.