Vanellus vanellus (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Lapwing, Northern Lapwing)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesVanellus vanellus (Lapwing, Northern Lapwing)
GenusVanellus (a genus of birds)
FamilyCHARADRIIDAE (plovers)
OrderCHARADRIIFORMES (plovers and sea birds)
ClassAVES (birds)
SuperclassTETRAPODA (a superclass of unassigneds)
PhylumCHORDATA (vertebrates)
SuperphylumDEUTEROSTOMIA (deuterostomes)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Vanellus vanellus (Lapwing, Northern Lapwing) :
1: Vanellus vanellus (Lapwing, Northern Lapwing)
2 Feb 2018 OSGR: SY98 50° 40’ N, 2° 0’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Flock, feeding in field
Image 1: Flock - feeding - in field
2: Vanellus vanellus (Lapwing, Northern Lapwing)
1 Feb 2018 OSGR: SY98 50° 40’ N, 2° 0’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
flock around tidal inlet
Image 1: Flock - in flightImage 2: Flock - in flight (2)Image 3: Flock - in flight (3)Image 4: Flock - in flight (4)Image 5: Flock - in flight (5)Image 6: Flock - in flight (6)Image 7: Flock in shallow waterImage 8: Flock on mudflatsImage 9: Flock on mudflats (2)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Sheldon, R. 2002 Lapwings in Britain - a new approach to their conservation British Wildlife Vol 14, No. 2: 109-1116.

Vanellus vanellus (Lapwing, Northern Lapwing) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Vanellus vanellus (Lapwing, Northern Lapwing)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Vanellus vanellus (Lapwing, Northern Lapwing)
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