blacksmith lapwing
blacksmith plover
vanellus armatus latin

The Blacksmith Lapwing occurs in association with wetlands of all sizes.

Vanellus armatus (Blacksmith Lapwing, Blacksmith Plover)

The Blacksmith Lapwing or Blacksmith Plover (Vanellus armatus) occurs commonly from Kenya through central Tanzania to southern and southwestern Africa.

The bravery of a parent bird when defending its nest is remarkable, as is proved by this blacksmith plover's display towards an intruding elephant.

Vanellus armatus (Blacksmith Lapwing, Blacksmith Plover)

The Blacksmith Lapwing or Blacksmith Plover (Vanellus armatus) occurs commonly from Kenya through central Tanzania to southern and southwestern Africa.

Slowly the scales fall away and I begin to hear distant bird calls I was deaf to the previous day - the "tink tink tink" of a blacksmith plover and the dismissive call of a go-away bird.

So the blacksmith plover in the savannahs of East Africa will stand over its eggs, shadowing them with outstretched wings, to allow what wind there is to blow over them; and in Australia, a jabiru stork will collect water in its beak to spray over the eggs if they get dangerously warm.

CHARADRIIDAE Vanellus armatus (Blacksmith Lapwing), (Blacksmith Plover)