Ghana and Ethiopia

The Spur-winged Lapwing is distributed in the eastern Mediterranean from Greece and Turkey south through the Nile Valley to Africa south of the Sahara and north of the Equator. See the distribution map at Birdlife International. The Greek and Turkish populations migrate south in the winter but the African populations are resident.

It has a black head with white on the sides and neck. The back is brown and the underparts are mainly black. In flight, there is a white band bordering the black white feathers and the tail is white at the base with a broad black band at the tip.

The call is a series of sharp, metallic "kit"s