The Yellow-wattled Lapwing is a plover of dry, open country in the Indian subcontinent. It may make short movements in response to rain.
Adults have brown upperparts, a black crown and a white belly. The legs and fleshy wattles at the base of the bill are yellow.
It nests in a shallow ground scrape, often among small pebbles. Chicks leave soon after hatching and follow their parents; adults pick beetles, termites, and other invertebrates from the ground.
It gives alarm calls when approached.
Juveniles have a brown cap and light sandy-brown upperparts, with prominent buff feather fringes and a small, dull-yellow wattle.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.