Hermann Brehm / Southern lapwing {Vanellus chilensis} Torres del Paine NP, Chile

Richard Du Toit / White-headed Lapwing (Vanellus albiceps), Pafuri Camp, Kruger National Park, South Africa

Graham Eaton / Blacksmith Lapwing / Blacksmith Plover (Vanellus armatus) foraging on a beach, Cape Town, South Africa, November

Graham Eaton / Blacksmith Lapwing or Blacksmith Plover (Vanellus armatus) walking along beach, Cape Town, South Africa, November

Ann & Steve Toon / White crowned wattled plover / lapwing (Vanellus albiceps), Kruger National Park, South Africa, June

Patricio Robles Gil / Pied Lapwing / Plover (Vanellus cayanus) walking on river sands. Parana, Southern Brazil.

Patricio Robles Gil / Pied Lapwing / Plover (Vanellus cayanus) walking on river sand. Parana, Southern Brazil.

Ann & Steve Toon / Crowned lapwing / plover (Vanellus coronatus), with two chicks, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa, November

Charlie Summers / Crowned Lapwing / Plover (Vanellus coronatus) bathing in waterhole, Central Kalahari of Botswana, Southern Africa

Murray Cooper / Southern Lapwing (Vanellus chilensis), Ecuador

Vincent Grafhorst / Blacksmith Lapwing (Vanellus armatus) wading through shallow water, Gaborone Dam, Botswana

Vincent Grafhorst / Blacksmith Lapwing (Vanellus armatus) calling while flying, Gaborone Game Reserve, Botswana