麦鸡属（学名：Vanellus）在生物分类学上是鸟纲鸻形目鸻科中的一个属，为涉禽。

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Vanellus is the genus of waders which provisionally contains all lapwings except red-kneed dotterel, Erythrogonys cinctus. The name "vanellus" is Latin for "little fan", vanellus being the diminutive of vannus ("fan"). The name is in reference to the sound lapwings' wings make in flight.