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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Vanellus (lapwings)

Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Deuterostomia > Chordata > Craniata > Vertebrata (vertebrates)  > Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates) > Teleostomi (teleost fish) > Osteichthyes (bony fish) > Class: Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fish) > Stegocephalia (terrestrial vertebrates) > Tetrapoda (four-legged vertebrates) > Reptiliomorpha > Amniota > Reptilia (reptiles) > Romeriida > Diapsida > Archosauromorpha > Archosauria > Dinosauria (dinosaurs) > Saurischia > Theropoda (bipedal predatory dinosaurs) > Coelurosauria > Maniraptora > Aves (birds) > Order: Charadriiformes > Family: Charadriidae

Species indigenous to southern Africa

Vanellus albiceps (White-crowned lapwing, White-crowned plover)

Vanellus armatus (Blacksmith lapwing, Blacksmith plover) 

Vanellus coronatus (Crowned lapwing, Crowned plover) 

Vanellus crassirostris (Long-toed lapwing, Long-toed plover) 

Vanellus lugubris (Senegal lapwing, Lesser black-winged plover) 

Vanellus melanopterus (Black-winged lapwing, Black-winged plover) 

Vanellus senegallus (African wattled lapwing, Wattled plover) 

Vanellus spinosus (Spur-winged lapwing, Spur-winged plover)