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Effendi1, Mohammad Saiful Mansor2  \n1 Department of Earth Sciences and Environment, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 Bandar Baru Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia  \n2 Department of Biological Sciences & Biotechnology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 Bandar Baru Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia  \nCorresponding author: Mohd Ros Effendi([mreffendi1904@gmail.com](mreffendi1904@gmail.com))  \nAcademic editor: Mansour Aliabadian  \nReceived: 8 October 2024  \nAccepted: 27 November 2024  \nPublished: 5 February 2025  \nCopyright © The authors. This is an open‑access article distributed under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (Attribution 4.0 International – CC BY 4.0)  \nAbstract. Vanellus vanellus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Aves, Charadriidae), Northern Lapwing, is listed as Near Threat‑ ened by the IUCN due to declines in the availability of its habitat since 1980. The species is a widespread Palearctic breeder and an uncommon migrant to Southeast Asia, where it winters in Thailand and Vietnam. We document the first recorded sighting of V. vanellus in Malaysia, marking the southernmost occurrence of the species to date.  \nKey words. Migratory shorebird, new record, Peninsular Malaysia, range expansion  \nEffendi MR, Mansor MS (2025) First record of Vanellus vanellus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Aves, Charadriidae), Northern Lapwing, in Malaysia at the southernmost occurrence of the species’ range. Check List 21 (1): 181–183 . [https://doi.org/10.15560/21.1.181](https://doi.org/10.15560/21.1.181)  \nINTRODUCTION  \nVanellus vanellus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Aves, Charadriidae), Northern Lapwing, is a shorebird with a wide geo‑ graphical range across Europe and parts of Asia, where it inhabits open grasslands, wetlands, and agricul‑ tural lands. Its closest relatives are the V. indicus Boddaert, 1783 (Red‑wattled Lapwing), and V. cinereus Blyth, 1842 (Gray‑headed Lapwing) . Both species are more commonly found in South and Southeast Asia. Vanellus indicus, identifiable by its distinctive red facial wattles, and V. cinereus, recognized by its gray head and yellow bill, are frequently observed in various wetland habitats across the region (Puan et al. 2020) . Vanellus vanellus has distinctive morphology, which includes a prominent black crest on its head, contrasting black‑and‑white facial markings, and iridescent green upperparts (Lee et al. 2018; Robson 2020) . The global population of V. vanellus was estimated at 10,500,000 individuals; however, the European population size is suspected to have moderately decreased by 30–49% since 1980. The species’ conservation status was changed in 2015 from Least Concern to Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List, a shift attributed primarily to land‑use intensification (BirdLife International 2024) .  \nMETHODS  \nWe conducted bird surveys at the paddy field at Jalan Selendang, Kuala Rompin, in Pahang on the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia as part of a regular monitoring effort under a citizen‑science initiative using the eBird platform. Observations were made using Nikon Monarch M7 10×42 binoculars and photographed using a Nikon B700 camera. We sighted a single individual and species identification was aided by Robson (2020) . Figure 2 was produced using QGIS v. 3.38.  \nRESULTS  \nVanellus vanellus (Linnaeus, 1758)  \nFigure 1  \nNew record. MALAYSIA – Pahang • district of Rompin, Kuala Rompin; 02°44′24″N, 103°29′24″E; 4 m elev. ; 29. I. 2021; Mohd Ros Effendi obs. ; in a paddy field.  \nFigure 1. Vanellus vanellus, in a paddy field, Kuala Rompin, District of Rompin, Pahang, Malaysia, 29 January 2021.  \nIdentification. The bird was identified as V. vanellus by its size, posture, and distinctive, long crest that sets it apar","cbCaiazArD6AE3cB","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiazArD6AE3cB","pdf",1241887,"English","# Introduction\n# Methods\n# Results\n## New record (Malaysia)\n# Discussion","[{\"question\":\"What species and location are reported in this article?\",\"answer\":\"The article reports the Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) in Malaysia, specifically in Pahang at the paddy fields of Kuala Rompin (Rompin district).\"},{\"question\":\"Why is Vanellus vanellus considered Near Threatened?\",\"answer\":\"It is listed as Near Threatened by the IUCN because declines in habitat availability have occurred since 1980.\"},{\"question\":\"How was the bird identified during the surveys?\",\"answer\":\"Identification was based on size, posture, and the distinctive long crest that differentiates it from Vanellus indicus and Vanellus cinereus, along with typical lapwing foraging behavior.\"}]","The Journal of Biodiversity Data - Notes on Geographic Distribution - First Record of Vanellus vanellus in Malaysia | PDF",1791845669]