Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Megaclass Tetrapoda > Superclass Reptilia > Class Aves > Subclass Passerae > Superorder Ciconiimorphae > Order Charadriiformes > Suborder Charadrii > Superfamily Charadrioidea > Family Charadriidae > Genus Vanellus

Vanellus vanellus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

VanellusBrisson, 1760accepted genus name
Chettusia Bonaparte, 1838 synonym

Species group names

Tringa vanellus Linnaeus, 1758 objective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Albanian: cingla; cinja; gërthiula; gicvilja; kërteingla fishkëllyese; kërthila; kërthingla; kërthiula; kiciriba; piska sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.
 Bulgarian: Обикновена калугерица sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Danish: vibe sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Dutch: kievit sources: Jonsson, L. (1993). Vogels van Europa, Noord-Afrika en het Midden-Oosten [Birds of Europe, northern Africa and the Middle East]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-187-6. 560 pp.
 English: lapwing; northern lapwing sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points;North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)
 French: vanneau huppé
 German: Kiebitz sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Greek: Ευρωπαϊκή Καλημάνα sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Hebrew: קיווית מצויצת sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Italian: pavoncella sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Japanese: タゲリ sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.
 Lithuanian: pempė sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian: vipe sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian Bokmål: vipe sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian Nynorsk: vipe sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Polish: czajka sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Romanian: nagâţ sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Russian: вшивик; луговка; пигалица; пшик (устар.); чибис sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Scottish Gaelic: pilibín sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Slovenian: priba sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Spanish, Castillian: avefría europea sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Swedish: tofsvipa sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Turkish: kiz kusu; kız kuşu sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Ukrainian: Звичайна чайка; Чайка; чибіс sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Welsh: cornchwiglen

Literature

basis of record

Banks, R.C., R.W. McDiarmid, and A.L. Gardner. 1987. Checklist of vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Publication No. 166. 79 p.

additional source

Peterson, R.T.; Peterson, V.M. (2002). A field guide to the birds of eastern and central North America. Fifth Edition. Peterson Field Guide Series. Houghton Mifflin Company. New York. 427 p.

additional source

Squires, H. J. (1990). Decapod Crustacea of the Atlantic coast of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 221: 532 p.

additional source

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

additional source

Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.

additional source

Robbins, C. S. (1983). Golden field Guide to Birds of North America. Golden press. 360p.

additional source

Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68: p.

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Vanellus vanellus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159142

Drs. Cees Roselaar. Vanellus vanellus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/a5b7ab26-009b-451b-bedb-ba8de2b96c43

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


not marine, not brackish, terrestrial

Importance

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2011-04-27 by Drs. Cees Roselaar & by Peter Adriaens

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