Plovers (Charadriidae)
Sociable Lapwing (Vanellus gregarius) - HBW 3, p. 419
French: Vanneau sociable
German: Steppenkiebitz
Spanish: Avefría Sociable
Other common names: Sociable Plover
Taxonomy: Charadrius gregarius Pallas, 1771, Volga, Jaiku and Samara.
Often placed in genus Chettusia. Monotypic.
Distribution: SC Russia and Kazakhstan. Winters in Sudan (formerly?) and Eritrea, Israel and Arabian Peninsula, Pakistan and NW India; possibly also Iraq.
- Critically Endangered Enlarge map
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An adult in breeding plumage, walking on the ground Locality Korgalzhyn State Nature Reserve, Akmola Province, Kazakhstan (Monotypic species)
Jean Hupperetz 30 April 1999 9 years ago 22 sec 4.2 -
An adult foraging and shaking its plumage Locality Korgalzhyn State Nature Reserve, Akmola Province, Kazakhstan (Monotypic species)
Eric Roualet 31 May 2012 47 weeks ago 39 sec 3.7 -
Adult assuming breeding plumage. Feeding in a field and showing wing pattern. Locality Plaine du Forez, Loire, Rhône-Alpes, France
forezbirder 17 March 2013 8 weeks ago 1 min 3 sec 3.7 -
An individual foraging in wet grassland Locality Astana City, Kazakhstan (Monotypic species)
Greg Baker 20 May 2008 1 year ago 54 sec 3.5 -
a juvenile bird between a group of northern lapwings Locality Lelystad, Flevoland Province, Netherlands (Monotypic species)
Daniêl Jimenez 31 July 2011 1 year ago 18 sec 3.4 -
An adult foraging, then preening Locality Korgalzhyn State Nature Reserve, Akmola Province, Kazakhstan (Monotypic species)
Eric Roualet 31 May 2012 47 weeks ago 36 sec 3.2
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Sociable Lapwing
Locality Qatar
sulqatar 27 November 2010 2 years ago 4.6 -
on the ground
Locality Kibbutz Lotan, Arava Valley, Israel
Lior Kislev 12 April 2006 1 year ago 4.6 -
In a ploughed pivot field
Locality Arakhiya Farm, Al Rayyan, Qatar
John A Thompson 12 December 2011 1 year ago 4.3 -
Sociable Lapwing (Vanellus gregarius)is listed as Critically Endangered because its population has undergone a very rapid reduct
Locality Kutch District, Gujarat, India
Vaibhav Mishra 21 December 2009 2 years ago 4.3 -
Critically endangered migratory
Locality Great Rann of Kutch, Kutch District, Gujarat, India
jugal Tiwari 21 January 2010 2 years ago 4.3 -
one of three seen
Locality Arakhiya Farm, Al Rayyan, Qatar
John A Thompson 10 December 2010 2 years ago 4
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