• Summary
• Text account
• Data table and detailed info
• Distribution map
• Reference and further resources

Taxonomic source(s)
Christidis, L. and Boles, W.E. 2008. Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds. CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood, Australia.
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A. and Fishpool, L.D.C. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 1: Non-passerines. Lynx Edicions BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
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Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2024	Least Concern
2016	Least Concern
2012	Least Concern
2009	Least Concern
2008	Least Concern
2004	Least Concern
2000	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1994	Lower Risk/Near Threatened
1988	Lower Risk/Least Concern

Migratory status	full migrant	Forest dependency	does not normally occur in forest
Land-mass type		Average mass	270 g

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	3,150,000 km2
Extent of Occurrence (non-breeding)	8,540,000 km2
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	16700-66700 mature individuals	poor	estimated	2023
Population trend	stable	-	suspected	-
Generation length	4.63 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size is estimated at 25,000-100,000 individuals (Wetlands International 2023), which equates to 16,700-66,700 mature individuals. The overall population trend is considered to be stable over three generations (13.89 years) (Wetlands International 2023).

Trend justification:   .

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Bangladesh	extant	native			yes
Bhutan	extant	uncertain			yes
Brunei	extant	vagrant			yes
Cambodia	extant	native			yes
China (mainland)	extant	native	yes
Hong Kong (China)	extant	native
India	extant	native			yes
Indonesia	extant	vagrant			yes
Japan	extant	native		yes
Laos	extant	native			yes
Malaysia	extant	vagrant			yes
Mongolia	extant	native			yes
Myanmar	extant	native			yes
Nepal	extant	native			yes
North Korea	extant	native	yes
Philippines	extant	native			yes
Russia	extant	native
Russia (Asian)	extant	native
Singapore	extant	vagrant			yes
South Korea	extant	native	yes
Sri Lanka	extant	vagrant			yes
Taiwan, China	extant	native			yes
Thailand	extant	native			yes
Vietnam	extant	native			yes

Country/Territory	IBA Name
India	Mangal Jodi
Japan	Shiokawa tidal flat
Japan	Yahagigawa estuary
Thailand	Lower Central Basin

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Aquatic & Marine	Artificial/Aquatic - Seasonally Flooded Agricultural Land	suitable	non-breeding
Artificial/Aquatic & Marine	Artificial/Aquatic - Seasonally Flooded Agricultural Land	suitable	breeding
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable Land	suitable	non-breeding
Grassland	Subtropical/Tropical Seasonally Wet/Flooded	suitable	non-breeding
Wetlands (inland)	Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands	suitable	non-breeding
Wetlands (inland)	Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands	suitable	breeding
Wetlands (inland)	Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls)	suitable	non-breeding
Wetlands (inland)	Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls)	suitable	breeding
Altitude	0 - 1310 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Purpose	Scale
Food - human	subsistence, national
Pets/display animals, horticulture	international

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/grey-headed-lapwing-vanellus-cinereus on 21/12/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 21/12/2024.