Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Plovers and Lapwings :: Southern Lapwing

Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis

Described by: Molina (1782)
Alternate common name(s): Chilean Lapwing, Cayenne Lapwing
Old scientific name(s): Belonopterus chilensis

Photographs

Gamboa, Panama - Oct 3, 2005 © Kanae Hirabayashi  Brazil - Date unknown © Arthur Grosset  Brazil - Date unknown © Arthur Grosset  Brazil - Date unknown © Arthur Grosset  Brazil - Date unknown © Arthur Grosset 
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Range

N., e. and s. South America;
(1) Panama (Gamboa), Colombia, e. Ecuador, Venezuela, Guyana, Surinam, Guiana and n. Brazil n. of the Amazon.
(2) S. from the Amazon delta in e. and c. Brazil (Bahia, Chapada Diamantina) to n. and e. Bolivia, Paraguay and Uruguay to c. Argentina probably s. to Buenos Aires.
(3) Argentina and c. Chile s. to Chiloe Is. and Comodoro Rivadivia.
(4) S. Chile s. from Atacama and s. Argentina from Mendoza and Rio Negro to Tierra del Fuego.

Videos

No videos are available for this species

Sounds

Location unknown - Date unknown Source: Aves de Chile

References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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