The Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) is a common Old World plover that breeds and winters throughout much of Europe. In Asia it breeds south of the tundra regions in a broad band from north of the Caspian Sea east to Mongolia and China. In Russia it breeds generally south of 57° N to the southern trans-Baikal region, the Amur valley, locally in the Pacific region in Ussuriland (Vaurie 1965). It breeds also on Honshu, Japan (Brazil 1991). Eastern Asian populations withdraw south to winter mainly in southern China and north to southern Japan (Vaurie 1965). The birds generally depart their easternmost breeding areas in Russia (Ussuriland) in September (Dement’ev 1969); wintering birds in Japan arrive from late August to October (Brazil 1991).