Subspecies in India
This species is listed as Near Threatened in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (https://www.iucnredlist.org/)Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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This species is uncommon. It inhabits inland wetlands and slow-moving freshwater bodies of India (mostly north region), Myanmar, Bangladesh, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam (BirdLife International 2016).
Conservation Status:
This species is listed as Near Threatened in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (https://www.iucnredlist.org/)According to the IUCN Red List assessment, the population of this species is declining, with the current population estimate of 10,000-19,999 individuals. The threats to its persistence come from habitat disturbance due to agriculture and commercial developments, hunting, and egg poaching (BirdLife International 2016).
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Andhra Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Assam | |||||||||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | |||||||||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli | |||||||||||||
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| Delhi | |||||||||||||
| Goa | |||||||||||||
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| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | |||||||||||||
| Kerala | |||||||||||||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
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| Madhya Pradesh | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |||||||||
| Maharashtra | |||||||||||||
| Manipur | |||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | |||||||||||||
| Mizoram | |||||||||||||
| Nagaland | |||||||||||||
| Odisha | |||||||||||||
| Paschimbanga | |||||||||||||
| Pondicherry | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
| Sikkim | |||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | |||||||||||||
| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 1 | ||||||||||||
| West Bengal | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Total | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
BirdLife International 2016. Vanellus duvaucelii . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22693992A93432617. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22693992A93432617.en. Accessed on 14 February 2020.
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Vanellus duvaucelii (Lesson, 1826) – River Lapwing. In Satose, V., A. Bayani, V. Ramachandran, P. Roy, and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 2.17. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.birdsofindia.org/vanellus-duvaucelii, accessed 2025/10/30.