Crowned plover (crowned lapwing) (Vanellus coronatus), Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa

Crowned plover (crowned lapwing) (Vanellus coronatus) performing a broken-wing display, Addo Elephant National Park, South Africa, Africa

White-crowned lapwing (white-headed lapwing) (white-headed plover) (white-crowned plover) (Vanellus albiceps), Selous Game Reserve, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa

Crowned plover (crowned lapwing) (Vanellus coronatus), Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, encompassing the former Kalahari Gemsbok National Park, South Africa, Africa

Crowned plover (crowned lapwing) (Vanellus coronatus), Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa

Crowned plover (crowned lapwing) (Vanellus coronatus), Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa

Crowned plover (crowned lapwing) (Vanellus coronatus), Kruger National Park, South Africa, Africa

White-crowned lapwing (Vanellus albiceps), Chobe National Park, Botswana, Africa

An adult white-crowned lapwing (Vanellus albiceps), on the upper Zambezi River, South Luangwa National Park, Zambia, Africa

Crowned plover or crowned lapwing (Vanellus coronatus) adult with two chicks, Addo Elephant National Park, South Africa, Africa

Crowned plover (crowned lapwing) (Vanellus coronatus), Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park encompassing the former Kalahari Gemsbok National Park, South Africa, Africa

Crowned plover (crowned lapwing) (Vanellus coronatus), Addo Elephant National Park, South Africa, Africa

Crowned plover or crowned lapwing (Vanellus coronatus), Addo Elephant National Park, South Africa, Africa

Crowned plover (crowned lapwing) (Vanellus coronatus), Addo Elephant National Park, South Africa, Africa

Crowned plover (crowned lapwing) (Vanellus coronatus), Addo Elephant National Park, South Africa, Africa

Crowned Plover (Crowned Lapwing) (Vanellus coronatus), Addo Elephant National Park, South Africa, Africa

Crowned plover or crowned lapwing (Vanellus coronatus) adult teaching chick to hunt, Addo Elephant National Park, South Africa, Africa

A crowned lapwing, Vanellus coronatus, stands on level ground, two giraffe, Giraffa camelopardalis, stand blurred in the background, in black and white, Londolozi Game Reserve, Sabi Sands, Greater Kruger National Park, South Africa

White-crowned Lapwing on bank, Kruger South Africa