Senegal Lapwing
Photo © Henry de Lange
Photo © Henry de Lange — CC BY 4.0 — Source: iNaturalist #95241001The African wattled lapwing (Vanellus senegallus) is sometimes called Senegal wattled plover. The Senegal lapwing, lesser black-winged lapwing or lesser black-winged plover (Vanellus lugubris) is a species of bird in the family Charadriidae. It is found in the African countries of Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Eswatini, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. It lives primarily in open grassy habitats.
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+558 birds+57 mammals
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+555 birds+16 mammals
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Uganda
+418 birds+13 mammals
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+603 birds+26 mammals
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Uganda
+478 birds+24 mammals
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Uganda
+608 birds+33 mammals
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+429 birds+6 mammals
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+505 birds+24 mammals
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+468 birds+50 mammals
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+513 birds+49 mammals
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+527 birds+50 mammals
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Tanzania
+626 birds+55 mammals
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+474 birds+5 mammals
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Uganda
+672 birds+30 mammals
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+464 birds+2 mammals
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+540 birds+91 mammals
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+359 birds+11 mammals
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+408 birds+38 mammals
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+383 birds+29 mammals
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+328 birds+12 mammals
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