Eric Sohn Joo Tan/ BIA / Black-winged Lapwing (Vanellus melanopterus) calling during defensive display, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Agustin Esmoris / Southern Lapwing (Vanellus chilensis), Misiones, Argentina

Rob Drummond/ BIA / Masked Lapwing (Vanellus miles) wading, Victoria, Australia

Hans Glader/ BIA / Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) flock flying, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Mathias Schaef/ BIA / Spur-winged Plover (Vanellus spinosus), Israel

Agustin Esmoris / Southern Lapwing (Vanellus chilensis), Argentina

Agustin Esmoris / Southern Lapwing (Vanellus chilensis), Argentina

Ingo Arndt / Southern Lapwing (Vanellus chilensis) flying, Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile

Thomas Marent / Pied Lapwing (Vanellus cayanus), Los Llanos, Colombia

Thomas Marent / Southern Lapwing (Vanellus chilensis) calling, Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil

Thomas Marent / Southern Lapwing (Vanellus chilensis) in defensive posture, Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil

Thomas Marent / Southern Lapwing (Vanellus chilensis) in defensive posture, Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil