Loic Poidevin / African Wattled Lapwing (Vanellus senegallus) walking in grass, Masai Mara, Kenya. March.

Hermann Brehm / Wattled plover (Vanellus senegallus) Ndutu, Tanzania.

Richard Du Toit / White-crowned plover (Vanellus albiceps) flying with wing spurs visible, Kruger National Park, South Africa;

Wim van den Heever / African wattled lapwing (Vanellus senegallus) two on water edge, Zimanga Private Game Reserve, South Africa.

Bruno D'Amicis / African wattled lapwing (Vanellus senegallus) pair. Jimba marshland, Bahir Dar. Lake Tana Biosphere Reserve. Ethiopia.

David Williams / Wattled Lapwing (Vanellus senegallus), Gambia

Loic Poidevin / African wattled Lapwing (Vanellus senegallus) Masai Mara, Kenya.

Lou Coetzer / African / Senegal wattled plover / lapwing (Vanellus senegallus) Chobe River, Botswana, November.

Lou Coetzer / African / Senegal wattled plover / lapwing (Vanellus senegallus) in flight, Chobe River, Botswana, October.

Lou Coetzer / White crowned lapwing (Vanellus albiceps) attacking African fish eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer) landing with Bream, Chobe River, Botswana, November.

Eric Baccega / African wattled plover / lapwing (Vanellus senegallus) Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, Africa.

Denis-Huot / Wattled Lapwing (Vanellus senegallus) profile, Masai-Mara Game Reserve, kenya