![A Senegal Wattled Plover in Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Wattled_Plover_Mara_edit3.jpg/225px-Wattled_Plover_Mara_edit3.jpg)
Photo credit: Whit Welles
The Senegal Wattled Plover (Vanellus senegallus) is a large lapwing, a group of largish waders in the family Charadriidae. It is a resident breeder in most of sub-Saharan Africa outside the rainforests, although it has seasonal movements.