Southern Lapwing

Vanellus chilensis (Molina, 1782)

32–38 cmLength327 gWeight

Most records: Argentina, Brazil, Chile

Least Concern

Where and when it's recorded

Most records: Argentina, Brazil, Chile

Southern Lapwing has been recorded at 899 of the 8,276 birding hotspots we track, in 26 countries and regions.

Records by month Southern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

Reserva Ecológica Costanera SurArgentina8,553 records
SN Laguna BatucoChile3,552 records
Poconé – Pousada PiuvalBrazil2,971 records

More places

SN Humedal Río Maipo – DesembocaduraChile2,882 records
Estero MantaguaChile2,643 records
RN Laguna de SonsoColombia2,559 records
Refugio mixto Caño NegroCosta Rica2,432 records
Parque Simon BolivarVenezuela2,286 records
Ammo Dump PondsPanama2,136 records
Parque del EsteVenezuela2,051 records

Countries and regions with the most records

Argentina Brazil Chile Colombia Panama Costa Rica Uruguay Venezuela

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

The southern lapwing (Vanellus chilensis), commonly called quero-quero in Brazil, or tero in Argentina and Uruguay, tero-tero in Paraguay, and queltehue in Chile is a wader in the order Charadriiformes. It is a common and widespread resident throughout South America, except in densely forested regions (e.g. most of the Amazon), the higher parts of the Andes, and the arid coast of a large part of western South America. This bird is particularly common in the basin of the Río de la Plata.

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Questions

How big is the Southern Lapwing?

The Southern Lapwing is about 32–38 cm long and weighs around 327 g.

Where does the Southern Lapwing live?

Its breeding range: Middle America, South America: widespread inland, Nicaragua to southern Chile and southern Argentina. It is most often recorded in Argentina, Brazil and Chile.