The White-crowned Lapwing has a white forehead and crown, gray face, brown back, and white underside. It walks along riversides looking for insects and other small invertebrates.
It has a white forehead and crown, gray face, brown back, white underside, and black-and-white wings.
It walks along river sandbanks and wet grassland, feeding on insects and small invertebrates.
In southern Africa it nests in a shallow scrape on a damp sandbank, sometimes lined with small sticks and pebbles. It lays 2–4 eggs, which both parents incubate.
Chicks can feed themselves within 24 hours of hatching. Both parents care for them and vigorously defend them from intruders.
The bill is yellow with a black tip, and long yellow wattles hang from its base. Juveniles have smaller wattles, a reduced white crown and mottled upperparts.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.