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 leucurus (Lichtenstein, 1823)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Charadrius Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Vanellus*	Brisson, 1760	accepted genus name
*Chettusia*	Bonaparte, 1838	synonym

Species group names

*Chettusia leucura*	(Lichtenstein, 1823)	objective synonym
*Chettusia leucurus*	(Lichtenstein, 1823)	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: witstaartkievit sources: Avibase - the world bird database.

English: white-tailed lapwing sources: Avibase - the world bird database.

French: vanneau à queue blanche sources: Avibase - the world bird database.

German: Weißschwanzkiebitz

Genbank

Citation

WoRMS (2025). Vanellus leucurus (Lichtenstein, 1823). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=567427

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Occurrence

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Environment

not marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial

Importance

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GUID

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:567427

Last modified

2011-04-27 by Peter Adriaens

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