#0554 · 🐦 birds

Northern Lapwing

🇳🇱 Kievit ·Vanellus vanellus

NTnear threatened 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

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

what is it?

The northern lapwing ( Vanellus vanellus ), also known as the peewit , pewit , tuit or tew-it (imitative of its cry), green plover (emphasising the colour of the plumage) or (in the British Isles) just lapwing (which refers to its pretence of injury by dragging its wing to lure predators away from the nest), is a bird in the lapwing family. It is common through temperate Eurasia.

base stats

NL sightings 2,721iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 70,255iNaturalist observations
weight 25.5 gadult, up to
threat NTnear threatened

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).

fun facts

Spotted 2,721 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #23 most seen of the birds in NL.
70,255 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Weighs only about 26 g.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).