Spot-breasted Lapwing

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Spot-breasted Lapwing
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Charadriidae
Genus: Vanellus
Species: V. melanocephalus
Binomial name
Vanellus melanocephalus
(Rüppell, 1845)
Synonyms

Hoplopterus melanocephalus (Rüppell, 1845)
Lobivanellus melanocephalus Rüppell, 1845
Tylibyx melanocephalus (Rüppell, 1845)

The Spot-breasted Lapwing (Vanellus melanocephalus) is a species of bird in the Charadriidae family. It is endemic to Ethiopia.

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