Species profile
Banded Lapwing
Vanellus tricolor
Quick answer
Southern Australia and Tasmania
- Scientific name
- Vanellus tricolor
- Family
- Charadriidae
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Genus
- Vanellus
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Recording Banded Lapwing in your journal
When you see this bird, log the sighting with the date, the place and any photos. If it's your first, Feather Journal marks it as a lifer and adds it to your life list automatically — no spreadsheet, no re-typing.
Related species in Charadriidae
- Andean Lapwing (Vanellus resplendens)
- Black-banded Plover (Charadrius thoracicus)
- black-bellied plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
- Black-fronted Dotterel (Elseyornis melanops)
- Black-headed Lapwing (Vanellus tectus)
- Black-winged Lapwing (Vanellus melanopterus)
- Blacksmith lapwing, Blacksmith plover (Vanellus armatus)
- Brown-chested Lapwing (Vanellus superciliosus)