Bernard Castelein / Spur-winged lapwing (Vanellus spinosus), Gambia.

Bernard Castelein / Spur-winged lapwing (Vanellus spinosus), Gambia.

Bernard Castelein / Spur-winged lapwing (Vanellus spinosus) in flight, Gambia.

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

Melvin Grey / Spur-winged plovers (Hoplopterus spinosus) adults in courtship display, Lake Naivasha, Kenya

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / African spoonbill (Platalea alba) landing among other Spoonbills, Spur winged lapwing (Vanellus spinosus), Black heron (Egretta ardesiaca) and Egret, Orango National Park, Bijagos UNESCO Biosphere Re...

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Spur winged lapwing (Vanellus spinosus) in shallow water, Oman, May

Melvin Grey / Spur-winged plover (Vanellus spinosus) adult male, Naivasha, Kenya

Melvin Grey / Spur-winged plover (Vanellus spinosus) nest and eggs in rough open grassland around the lake. Lake Bogoria, Kenya

Bruno D'Amicis / Spur-winged plover (Vanellus spinosus) in mud, Shesher lake, Fogera Plains. Lake Tana Biosphere Reserve, Ethiopia.

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Masked Lapwing (Vanellus miles), Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney, New South Whales, Australia

Ingo Waschkies / Spur-winged Plover (Vanellus spinosus), Larnaca, Cyprus