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 Tayrona National Natural Park
Black-bellied Plover
Pluvialis squatarola
Semipalmated Plover
Charadrius semipalmatus
Spotted Sandpiper
Actitis macularius
Royal Tern
Thalasseus maximus
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensis
Whimbrel
Numenius hudsonicus
Black-necked Stilt
Himantopus mexicanus
Solitary Sandpiper
Tringa solitaria
Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa melanoleuca
Willet
Tringa semipalmata
Sanderling
Calidris alba
Common Tern
Sterna hirundo
📅 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 Tayrona National Natural Park?
About 8% of visitor-days record a Southern Lapwing sighting in Tayrona National Natural Park, based on 84 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Southern Lapwing in Tayrona National Natural Park?
November has the highest sighting rate for Southern Lapwing in Tayrona National Natural Park in our monthly data.