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 Península Valdés
Tawny-throated Dotterel
Oreopholus ruficollis
American Golden-Plover
Pluvialis dominica
Dominican Gull
Larus dominicanus
American Oystercatcher
Haematopus palliatus
Blackish Oystercatcher
Haematopus ater
Snowy Sheathbill
Chionis albus
South American Tern
Sterna hirundinacea
Dolphin Gull
Leucophaeus scoresbii
Royal Tern
Thalasseus maximus
Brown-hooded Gull
Chroicocephalus maculipennis
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensis
Baird's Sandpiper
Calidris bairdii
📅 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 Península Valdés?
About 28% of visitor-days record a Southern Lapwing sighting in Península Valdés, based on 98 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Southern Lapwing in Península Valdés?
November has the highest sighting rate for Southern Lapwing in Península Valdés in our monthly data.