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 Torres del Paine National Park
Tawny-throated Dotterel
Oreopholus ruficollis
Rufous-Chested Dotterel
Charadrius modestus
Brown-hooded Gull
Chroicocephalus maculipennis
Magellanic Oystercatcher
Haematopus leucopodus
Magellanic Snipe
Gallinago magellanica
Least Seedsnipe
Thinocorus rumicivorus
South American Tern
Sterna hirundinacea
Wilson's Phalarope
Phalaropus tricolor
Dominican Gull
Larus dominicanus
Baird's Sandpiper
Calidris bairdii
Lesser Yellowlegs
Tringa flavipes
Hudsonian Godwit
Limosa haemastica
📅 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 Torres del Paine National Park?
About 60% of visitor-days record a Southern Lapwing sighting in Torres del Paine National Park, based on 746 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Southern Lapwing in Torres del Paine National Park?
September has the highest sighting rate for Southern Lapwing in Torres del Paine National Park in our monthly data.