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White-tailed Lapwing

Vanellus leucurus

759Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
13Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan25
Feb6
Mar59
Apr28
May60
Jun78
Jul78
Aug128
Sep181
Oct82
Nov29
Dec5

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1East Riding of Yorkshire England425
2Lincolnshire England63
3Dumfries and Galloway Scotland41
4North Lincolnshire England36
5Kent England34
6Norfolk England25
7Cambridgeshire England20
8Gloucestershire England13
9Sefton England13
10Thurrock England7
11Sandwell England6
12Warrington England4
13Doncaster England1
718 England41 Scotland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 13 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
759
Peak month
September
Counties with records
13
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Vanellus leucurus
Also known as
White tailed Plover
Group
Birds
Conservation designations
Convention on Migratory Species
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Charadriiformes
Family
Charadriidae
Genus
Vanellus
Name with authority
Vanellus leucurus (M.H.K.Lichtenstein, 1823)
Described
1823
Contributing datasets
3

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q827245 · GBIF 5229147