Brown-chested lapwing

Brown-chested lapwing
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Charadriiformes
Family:	Charadriidae
Genus:	Vanellus
Species:	V. superciliosus
Binomial name
Vanellus superciliosus (Reichenow, 1886)
Synonyms
Anomalophrys superciliosus(Reichenow, 1886) Lobivanellus superciliosusReichenow, 1886

The brown-chested lapwing (Vanellus superciliosus) is a species of bird in the family Charadriidae. It resides year-round in a narrow strip of land from southwestern Nigeria to northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo; its wintering range extends toward Lake Chad, Lake Victoria and northern Zambia.

Diet

V. superciliosus is a carnivorous bird feeding on insects, larvae, crickets, bugs, grasshoppers, etc. Their preferred habitat is grassy lands, open savannas or grounds of Mopane forests.

References

1. BirdLife International (2021). "Vanellus superciliosus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2021 e.T22694048A195046264. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T22694048A195046264.en . Retrieved 11 November 2021.