{"id":24597,"date":"2012-10-30T15:31:02","date_gmt":"2012-10-30T14:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/galleries\/waders\/lapwing-vanellus-vanellus\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T09:13:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T08:13:14","slug":"lapwing-vanellus-vanellus","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/threatened-bird-species\/nt-near-threatened\/lapwing-vanellus-vanellus\/","title":{"rendered":"Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This species is suspected to be decreasing at a moderately rapid rate. It is therefore classified as Near Threatened. Should new information suggest these declines are occurring more rapidly it would warrant uplisting; it almost meets the requirements for listing as threatened under criteria A2abce+3bce+4abce.<\/p>\n<p>Factsheet: Northern Lapwing\u00a0<i>Vanellus\u00a0vanellus<\/i><\/p>\n\n<div class=\"ngg-galleryoverview\" id=\"ngg-gallery-156-24597\">\n\n\n\n    \t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-8294\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/lapwing-vanellus-vanellus\/lapwing_2.jpg\" title=\"Starlings and Lapwings Race\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Starlings and Lapwings Race\" alt=\"Starlings and Lapwings Race\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/lapwing-vanellus-vanellus\/thumbs\/thumbs_lapwing_2.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Starlings and Lapwings Race<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-5185\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/lapwing-vanellus-vanellus\/lapwing-vanellus-vanellus-14.jpg\" title=\"Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) at Rhine Delta, Vorarlberg, \r\nAustria\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) at Rhine Delta, Vorarlberg, \r\nAustria\" alt=\"Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/lapwing-vanellus-vanellus\/thumbs\/thumbs_lapwing-vanellus-vanellus-14.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-5184\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/lapwing-vanellus-vanellus\/lapwing-vanellus-vanellus-13.jpg\" title=\"Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) at Rhine Delta, Vorarlberg, \r\nAustria\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) at Rhine Delta, Vorarlberg, \r\nAustria\" alt=\"Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/lapwing-vanellus-vanellus\/thumbs\/thumbs_lapwing-vanellus-vanellus-13.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-5183\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/lapwing-vanellus-vanellus\/lapwing-vanellus-vanellus-12.jpg\" title=\"Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) at Rhine Delta, Vorarlberg, \r\nAustria\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) at Rhine Delta, Vorarlberg, \r\nAustria\" alt=\"Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/lapwing-vanellus-vanellus\/thumbs\/thumbs_lapwing-vanellus-vanellus-12.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-5182\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/lapwing-vanellus-vanellus\/lapwing-vanellus-vanellus-11.jpg\" title=\"Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) at Rhine Delta, Vorarlberg, \r\nAustria\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) at Rhine Delta, Vorarlberg, \r\nAustria\" alt=\"Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/lapwing-vanellus-vanellus\/thumbs\/thumbs_lapwing-vanellus-vanellus-11.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1058\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/lapwing-vanellus-vanellus\/lapwing-vanellus-vanellus-9.jpg\" title=\"Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) at Rhine Delta, Vorarlberg, \r\nAustria\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) at Rhine Delta, Vorarlberg, \r\nAustria\" alt=\"Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) (09)\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/lapwing-vanellus-vanellus\/thumbs\/thumbs_lapwing-vanellus-vanellus-9.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) (09)<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1057\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/lapwing-vanellus-vanellus\/lapwing-vanellus-vanellus-8.jpg\" title=\"Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) at Rheinspitz, Vorarlberg, Austria\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) at Rheinspitz, Vorarlberg, Austria\" alt=\"Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) (08)\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/lapwing-vanellus-vanellus\/thumbs\/thumbs_lapwing-vanellus-vanellus-8.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) (08)<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1056\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/lapwing-vanellus-vanellus\/lapwing-vanellus-vanellus-7.jpg\" title=\"Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) at Rheinspitz, Vorarlberg, \r\nAustria\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) at Rheinspitz, Vorarlberg, \r\nAustria\" alt=\"Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) (07)\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/lapwing-vanellus-vanellus\/thumbs\/thumbs_lapwing-vanellus-vanellus-7.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) (07)<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1055\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/lapwing-vanellus-vanellus\/lapwing-vanellus-vanellus-6.jpg\" title=\"Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) at Martin Mere, Lancashire, UK\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) at Martin Mere, Lancashire, UK\" alt=\"Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) (06)\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/lapwing-vanellus-vanellus\/thumbs\/thumbs_lapwing-vanellus-vanellus-6.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) (06)<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1054\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/lapwing-vanellus-vanellus\/lapwing-vanellus-vanellus-5.jpg\" title=\"Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) at Rheinspitz, Vorarlberg, Austria\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) at Rheinspitz, Vorarlberg, Austria\" alt=\"Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) (05)\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/lapwing-vanellus-vanellus\/thumbs\/thumbs_lapwing-vanellus-vanellus-5.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) (05)<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1053\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/lapwing-vanellus-vanellus\/lapwing-vanellus-vanellus-4.jpg\" title=\"Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) at Gubbeen, Republic of Ireland\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) at Gubbeen, Republic of Ireland\" alt=\"Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) (04)\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/lapwing-vanellus-vanellus\/thumbs\/thumbs_lapwing-vanellus-vanellus-4.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) (04)<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1052\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/lapwing-vanellus-vanellus\/lapwing-vanellus-vanellus-3.jpg\" title=\"Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) at Gubbeen, Republic of Ireland\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) at Gubbeen, Republic of Ireland\" alt=\"Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) (03)\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/lapwing-vanellus-vanellus\/thumbs\/thumbs_lapwing-vanellus-vanellus-3.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) (03)<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1051\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/lapwing-vanellus-vanellus\/lapwing-vanellus-vanellus-2.jpg\" title=\"Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) at Gubbeen, Republic of Ireland\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) at Gubbeen, Republic of Ireland\" alt=\"Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) (02)\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/lapwing-vanellus-vanellus\/thumbs\/thumbs_lapwing-vanellus-vanellus-2.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) (02)<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1050\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/lapwing-vanellus-vanellus\/lapwing-vanellus-vanellus-10.jpg\" title=\"Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) at Rhine Delta, Vorarlberg, \r\nAustria \" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) at Rhine Delta, Vorarlberg, \r\nAustria \" alt=\"Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/lapwing-vanellus-vanellus\/thumbs\/thumbs_lapwing-vanellus-vanellus-10.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1049\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/lapwing-vanellus-vanellus\/lapwing-vanellus-vanellus-1.jpg\" title=\"Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) at Martin Mere, Lancashire, UK\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) at Martin Mere, Lancashire, UK\" alt=\"Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) (01)\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/lapwing-vanellus-vanellus\/thumbs\/thumbs_lapwing-vanellus-vanellus-1.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) (01)<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\n \t\n\t<!-- Pagination -->\n \t<div class=\"ngg-clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This species is suspected to be decreasing at a moderately rapid rate. It is therefore classified as Near Threatened. Should new information suggest these declines are occurring more rapidly it would warrant uplisting; it almost meets the requirements for listing as threatened under criteria A2abce+3bce+4abce. Factsheet: Northern Lapwing\u00a0Vanellus\u00a0vanellus &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1178,"featured_media":837565,"parent":42877,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"tags":[785,1662],"class_list":["post-24597","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-northern-lapwing","tag-vanellus-vanellus"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1178"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24597"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24597\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42877"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/837565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}