page_title: White-crowned lapwing
section_title: Description
hierarchical_section_title: White-crowned lapwing / Description
caption_attribution_description: English: White-headed Lapwing, also White-crowned Plover (Vanellus albiceps) - San Diego Zoo
context_page_description: The white-crowned lapwing, white-headed lapwing, white-headed plover or white-crowned plover is a medium-sized wader. It is resident throughout tropical Africa, usually near large rivers.
context_section_description: This lapwing is unmistakable. Its wings and tail are strikingly patterned in black and white, the back is brown and the underparts white. The head is particularly striking, being mainly grey, but with a white crown and foreneck. The eyering, facial wattles and legs are yellow. Females, males and young birds are similar in plumage.
caption: Upper body showing facial wattles
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