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A blacksmith lapwing (Vanellus armatus) in natural habitat, Kruger National Park, South Africa

The Blacksmith Lapwing or Blacksmith Plover (Vanellus armatus) occurs commonly from Kenya through central Tanzania to southern and southwestern Africa. Amboseli National Park, Kenya. Charadriiformes.

Photo of blacksmith lapwing bird in Southafrica

Blacksmith lapwing (Bontkiewiet) (Vanellus armatus) near Berg-en-Dal in the Kruger National Park, Mpumalanga, South Africa

Close-up of a blacksmith lapwing near the edge of a waterhole in Hwange National Park,Zimbabwe.

SpecieVanellus armatus family of Charadriidae

A long-toed lapwing stands in a marshy area in the savannah in Amboseli National Park, Kenya.

Blacksmith lapwing, Sun City area, South Africa

Red-wattled lapwing (Vanellus indicus) on a marsh area in Habarana in Sri Lanka

Blacksmith Plover or blacksmith lapwing, Vanellus armatus or Anitibyx armatus, Savute Area, Chobe National Park, Botswana, Charadriiformes, Charadriidae

Blacksmith Plover or Blacksmith Lapwing, vanellus armatus, Adult standing on Nest, Kenya

A male Magpie-Lark, Grallina cyanoleuca, in a grassy field.

$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.\n\nIt is one of several species of wader supposed to be the \$

Blacksmith Lapwing (Vanellus armatus). South Africa, Johannesburg suburban

Blacksmith lapwing walking along riverbank on grass

Blacksmith Lapwing foraging for food in the African savanna

A Masked Lapwing standing on grass in the morning sun.

The blacksmith lapwing or blacksmith plover occurs commonly from Kenya through central Tanzania to southern and southwestern Africa. The vernacular name derives from the repeated metallic 'tink, tink, tink' alarm call, which suggests a blacksmith's hammer striking an anvil. Blacksmith lapwings are very boldly patterned in black, grey and white, possibly warning colours to predators.The bare parts are black. Females average larger and heavier but the sexes are generally alike. The blacksmith lapwing occurs in association with wetlands of all sizes. Even very small damp areas caused by a spilling water trough can attract them. In South Africa they are most numerous in the mesic grassland region, less so in higher-rainfall grasslands. The Blacksmith Lapwing is at home in wetlands of all sizes, in riverine forests and close to lakes, dams and streams.

$Three-banded Plover.\nThe three-banded plover, or three-banded sandplover (Charadrius tricollaris), is a small wader. This plover is resident and generally sedentary in much of East Africa, southern Africa and Madagascar. It occurs mainly on inland rivers, pools, lakes and pans, frequenting their exposed shores. This species is often seen as single individuals, but it will form small flocks. It hunts by sight for insects, worms and other invertebrates. Three-banded plovers have a sharp whistled weeet-weet call. Its larger and darker-plumaged sister species, Forbes's plover, replaces it in West Africa and in the moist tropics. The two species have largely allopatric breeding ranges. Both species present a distinctively elongated profile, due to their proportionally long tail and wings.$

A southern lapwing flaps its wings in a wetland in Costa Rica.

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