Brown-chested Lapwing

Vanellus superciliosus

The brown-chested lapwing, also brown-chested wattled plover, is a species of bird in the family Charadriidae. It resides year-round in a narrow strip of land from southwestern Nigeria to northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo; its wintering range extends toward Lake Chad, Lake Victoria and northern Zambia.

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