The overall distribution of this species can be assessed, and
specific locations where birds have been spotted can be found,
based on individual sighting reports submitted by birdwatchers to
ebird.org
.
The global distribution of the Spur-winged Lapwing is available
HERE
.
The Spur-winged Lapwing is partly sedentary in northern
Africa (the Nile delta) and parts of Israel/Jordan, while
elsewhere it is found as a breeding migrant.
There is also a permanent population in sub-Saharan Africa,
which is also the wintering ground for migratory birds.
Spur-winged Lapwings are found in both western Africa and
in the East of the continent, as far to the South as northern
Tanzania.
Migrantory Spur-winged Lapwings breed around the coastlines
of the eastern Mediterranean Sea, the Red Sea, in much of Asia
Minor and in the Euphrates/Tigris river system.
In Oman, Spur-winged Lapwings are found only as vagrant visitors,
to coastal wetlands near Muscat and Salala.
Spur-winged Lapwings have a preference for habitats with
open areas, either sand, clay or rock, possibly with short
grass, often near water (including saline water), where
they also nest in a scrape.