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 Parque Natural Metropolitano
Semipalmated Plover
Charadrius semipalmatus
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopus
Wattled Jacana
Jacana jacana
Spotted Sandpiper
Actitis macularius
Laughing Gull
Leucophaeus atricilla
Black-necked Stilt
Himantopus mexicanus
Short-billed Dowitcher
Limnodromus griseus
Willet
Tringa semipalmata
Royal Tern
Thalasseus maximus
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon nilotica
Black Skimmer
Rynchops niger
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensis
📅 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 Parque Natural Metropolitano?
About 2% of visitor-days record a Southern Lapwing sighting in Parque Natural Metropolitano, based on 26 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Southern Lapwing in Parque Natural Metropolitano?
November has the highest sighting rate for Southern Lapwing in Parque Natural Metropolitano in our monthly data.