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Where does the Spur-winged Lapwing live?

Vanellus spinosus has 206,001 records in 112 countries and territories, from 1837 to 2026. Most records come from Israel.

Spur-winged Lapwing
Spur-winged Lapwing — Charles J. Sharp / CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
AnimaliaChordataAvesCharadriiformesCharadriidaeVanellus

When it is recorded

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Peak month: March. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
Israel 103,694
Kenya 19,964
Gambia 10,231
Türkiye 8,308
Uganda 7,892
Senegal 7,570
Egypt 7,128
Cyprus 6,088
Ethiopia 4,498
Tanzania 4,204
Greece 3,257
Nigeria 3,109
Ghana 2,567
Palestine 2,151
Saudi Arabia 1,805
Jordan 1,342
Netherlands 1,071
Rwanda 906
Iraq 751
Iran 709
Malawi 490
Oman 434
Guinea-Bissau 403
Mauritania 400
Benin 377
Kuwait 376
DR Congo 344
Sudan 304
Lebanon 283
Djibouti 258
France 256
Côte d'Ivoire 235
United Arab Emirates 221
Chad 210
Cameroon 208
Sweden 200
Spain 198
Mali 197
Burkina Faso 183
Poland 174

Showing the top 40 of 112 places.

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Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.