Black-headed Lapwing

SCI Name:  Vanellus tectus
Protonym:  Charadrius tectus TablePlanchesEnlum. p.51
Taxonomy:  Charadriiformes / Charadriidae / Vanellus
Taxonomy Code:  blhlap1
Type Locality:  Senegal, ex Daubenton, pi. 834.
Author:  Boddaert
Publish Year:  1783
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

VANELLUS
(Charadriidae; Ϯ Northern Lapwing V. vanellus) Med. L. vanellus  lapwing  < dim. L. vannus  winnowing fan (in allusion to the broad wings and floppy flight); "Vanellus. Genus 71.  ...  **1. LE VANNEAU.  ... VANELLUS." (Brisson 1760): based on "Vanellus", "Capella", and "Caprea" of Gessner 1555, and many other authors, and Tringa Vanellus Linnaeus, 1758; "Vanellus Brisson, Orn., 1760, 1, p. 48; 5, p. 94. Type, by tautonymy, Vanellus Brisson = Tringa vanellus Linné." (Peters 1934, II, 235).  The Northern Lapwing appears the most aberrant member of the genus; it has been suggested that Hoplopterus be resurrected for all the other species presently included in Vanellus.   
Var. Canellus, Cranellus.   
Synon. Acanthopteryx, Acanthropterus, Afribyx, Afrovanellus, Anitibyx, Anomalophrys, Belonopterus, Chettusia, Defilippia, Dilobus, Dorypaltus, Euhyas, Eurypterus, Gavia, Hemiparra, Hoplopterus, Limnetes, Lobibyx, Lobipluvia, Lobivanellus, Microsarcops, Nonnusia, Ptiloscelys, Rogibyx, Sarciophorus, Sarcogrammus, Stephanibyx, Titihoia, Tringa, Tylibyx, Vanellochettusia, Viator, Xiphidiopterus, Zapterus, Zonifer.

vanellus
Med. L. vanellus lapwing < dim. L. vannus winnowing fan; "78. TRINGA.  ...  Vanellus.  2. T. pedibus rubris, crista dependente, pectore nigro. Fn. svec. 148.  Capella s. Vanellus. Bell. av. 49. a. Gesn. av. 764. Aldr. orn. l. 20. c. 63. Will. orn. 228. t. 57. Jonst. av. 164. t. 53. 27. Raj. av. 110. Alb. av. I. p. 70. t. 74.  Habitat in Europa, Africa.  Migrat forte in Ægyptum. Ova Belgis in deliciis.” (Linnaeus 1758) (Vanellus).

tectus
L. tectus  covered  < tegere  to cover (e.g. black-crowned).
● ex “Barbu à poitrine noire de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 688, fig. 2, “Plus petit Tamatia noir et blanc” of de Buffon 1770-1785, and “Black-throated Barbet” of Latham 1782 (Notharchus).
● ex "Pluvier coiffé" of de Buffon 1770-1785 (Vanellus).

SUBSPECIES

Black-headed Lapwing (tectus)
SCI Name: Vanellus tectus tectus
tectus
L. tectus  covered  < tegere  to cover (e.g. black-crowned).
● ex “Barbu à poitrine noire de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 688, fig. 2, “Plus petit Tamatia noir et blanc” of de Buffon 1770-1785, and “Black-throated Barbet” of Latham 1782 (Notharchus).
● ex "Pluvier coiffé" of de Buffon 1770-1785 (Vanellus).

Black-headed Lapwing (latifrons)
SCI Name: Vanellus tectus latifrons
latifrons
L. latus  broad, wide; frons, frontis  brow, forehead.