Black-winged Lapwing

Hosts on Spekboom have recorded the Black-winged Lapwing at stays in or beside uKhahlamba-Drakensberg Park, Addo Elephant National Park, Tsitsikamma National Park, Bontebok National Park, Garden Route National Park and Giants Castle Game Reserve and other reserves. A record means a host has seen it on the property or nearby, which makes these the places to base yourself; it is never a guarantee of a sighting on any given day.

The Black-winged Lapwing is most recorded in KwaZulu-Natal (46% of records), Western Cape (23% of records), Eastern Cape (20% of records), based on 293 iNaturalist observations. 28 places to stay on Spekboom in South Africa have recorded the Black-winged Lapwing on site or nearby.

The Black-winged Lapwing is recorded throughout the year, so no month is the wrong month to look for it. For the parks where hosts record it most, these are the best seasons they give. uKhahlamba-Drakensberg Park: year-round, dry season May-Sep; Addo Elephant National Park: year-round, best Mar-May, Sep-Nov; Tsitsikamma National Park: Apr-Sep; Bontebok National Park: Sep-Apr, flowers Aug-Oct. In the dry months animals concentrate at water and the grass is short.

The Black-winged Lapwing (Vanellus melanopterus) is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.

The black-winged lapwing or greater black-winged lapwing is an east African species that is found from the Ethiopian highlands in the north to central Kenya (race V. m. melanopterus), and again at middle to coastal elevations in eastern South Africa (race V. m. minor). It is a habitat specialist of short grass in well-watered temperate grasslands.