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 Soberanía National Park
Killdeer
Charadrius vociferus
Wattled Jacana
Jacana jacana
Spotted Sandpiper
Actitis macularius
Northern Jacana
Jacana spinosa
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpres
Royal Tern
Thalasseus maximus
Solitary Sandpiper
Tringa solitaria
Laughing Gull
Leucophaeus atricilla
Least Sandpiper
Calidris minutilla
Black-necked Stilt
Himantopus mexicanus
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensis
Larus pipixcan
Leucophaeus pipixcan
📅 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 Soberanía National Park?
About 26% of visitor-days record a Southern Lapwing sighting in Soberanía National Park, based on 2415 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Southern Lapwing in Soberanía National Park?
January has the highest sighting rate for Southern Lapwing in Soberanía National Park in our monthly data.