#0965 · 🐦 birds

Spur-winged Lapwing

🇳🇱 Sporenkievit ·Vanellus spinosus

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

8 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © cog2022 · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Adrien Mauss · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Francesco Veronesi · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
4. © Abubakar S. Ringim · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Ad Konings · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Roberto Sindaco · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
7. © ONG OeBenin · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. © Ingeborg van Leeuwen · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The spur-winged lapwing or spur-winged plover ( Vanellus spinosus ) is a lapwing species, one of a group of largish waders in the family Charadriidae.

base stats

NL sightings 2iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 6,235iNaturalist observations
weight 16.4 gadult, up to
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).