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 Mudumalai National Park
Red-wattled Lapwing
Vanellus indicus
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropus
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
Barred Buttonquail
Turnix suscitator
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareola
River Tern
Sterna aurantia
Pin-tailed Snipe
Gallinago stenura
Greater Painted-Snipe
Rostratula benghalensis
📅 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 Mudumalai National Park?
About 19% of visitor-days record a Yellow-wattled Lapwing sighting in Mudumalai National Park, based on 123 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Yellow-wattled Lapwing in Mudumalai National Park?
November has the highest sighting rate for Yellow-wattled Lapwing in Mudumalai National Park in our monthly data.