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 Nahuel Huapi National Park
Dominican Gull
Larus dominicanus
Brown-hooded Gull
Chroicocephalus maculipennis
Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa melanoleuca
Andean Gull
Chroicocephalus serranus
Gray-breasted Seedsnipe
Thinocorus orbignyianus
Magellanic Snipe
Gallinago magellanica
Baird's Sandpiper
Calidris bairdii
Sabine's Gull
Xema sabini
Parasitic Jaeger
Stercorarius parasiticus
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpres
Lesser Yellowlegs
Tringa flavipes
Sanderling
Calidris alba
📅 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 Nahuel Huapi National Park?
About 68% of visitor-days record a Southern Lapwing sighting in Nahuel Huapi National Park, based on 854 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Southern Lapwing in Nahuel Huapi National Park?
September has the highest sighting rate for Southern Lapwing in Nahuel Huapi National Park in our monthly data.