The food of the Spur-winged Lapwing is insects and other invertebrates, which are picked from the ground.

This species resembles the closely related Spur-winged Lapwing of Africa, and has sometimes been considered conspecific.

Eurasian Stone-curlew, kentish plover, spur-winged lapwing and little tern also breed in the area.

The Spur-winged Lapwing is known to sometimes use the wing-claws in an attack on animals and, rarely, people, who get too close to the birds' exposed offspring .

A similar-looking species from Southeast Asia was called "Spur-winged Lapwing" while V. spinosus was still referred to as ""plover".

(Note that the northern-hemisphere Spur-winged Plover is a different bird.)

Note that the well-known "Spur-winged Plover" of southern Australasia is a different species Vanellus miles.

For other species called "Spur-winged Lapwing" or "Spur-winged Plover", see below.

Masked Lapwing or "Spur-winged Plover", Vanellus miles Alternatively placed in Chettusia:

The subspecies found in the southern and eastern states (Vanellus miles novaehollandiae), and often locally called the Spur-winged Plover, has a black neck-stripe and smaller wattles.

Jipe forms a biodiversity rich ecosystem also known for the water birds that frequent its reedy shores; these include storks, egrets, pelicans, spur-winged plovers, ducks, and Egyptian geese.

SPUR-WINGED PLOVER Vanellus spinosus.

Vanellus miles novaehollandiae spread naturally to Southland, New Zealand in the 1930s and has now spread throughout New Zealand, where it is known as the Spur-winged Plover.

The Spur-winged Lapwing or Spur-winged Plover (Vanellus spinosus) is a lapwing species, one of a group of largish waders in the family Charadriidae.

The Spur-winged Plover is one of the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA) applies.

The paradise shelduck/putakitaki is a conspicuous and noisy feature of the river flats, and in summer spur-winged plover and oystercatcher/torea are common on farmland and along the drive from Wanaka.

The Masked Lapwing of Australasia was at one time also called "Spur-winged Plover", xompleting the name confusion - particularly as none of these is a plover in the strict sense.

Formerly also called Spur-winged Lapwing, this name is better reserved for one of the "Spur-winged Plovers" of old, Vanellus spinosus of Africa, whose scientific name it literally translates.

The Masked Lapwing (Vanellus miles), previously known as the Masked Plover and often called the Spur-winged Plover or just Plover in its native range, is a large, common and conspicuous bird native to Australia, particularly the northern and eastern parts of the continent.

The Spur-winged Lapwing or Spur-winged Plover (Vanellus spinosus) is a lapwing species, one of a group of largish waders in the family Charadriidae.

Formerly also called Spur-winged Lapwing, this name is better reserved for one of the "Spur-winged Plovers" of old, Vanellus spinosus of Africa, whose scientific name it literally translates.