The Malagasy lapwing (Vanellus madagascariensis) is an extinct type of wader/shorebird, in the lapwing family.
It is known only from two subfossil humeri, found in separate locales in south-western Madagascar, which were described by Steven M. Goodman.
Radiocarbon dating has indicated that the species became extinct in the 14th century, during a period of climatic aridification.[1]