Sociable Lapwing
Vanellus gregarius(Pallas, PS, 1771)
English (US) Sociable Lapwing
The Sociable Lapwing (Vanellus gregarius) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Charadriidae (Plovers and Lapwings) in the order Charadriiformes.
Range: breeds inland northern Kazakhstan and adjacent southern Russia (formerly Ukraine to Xinjiang); winters Sudan to Eritrea, Israel, Arabian Peninsula, central Pakistan, and northwestern India (now rare globally)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Vanellus gregarius
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Critically Endangered
- English (US)
- Sociable Lapwing
- Described by
- (Pallas, PS, 1771)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Charadrius gregarius
- Described by
- (Pallas, PS, 1771)
- Type locality
- Volga, Jaiku and Samara.
- Original description
- Reise durch verschiedene Provinzen des Russischen Reichs 1 p.456
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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Banded Lapwing
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Masked Lapwing
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White-tailed Lapwing
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Southern Lapwing
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Andean Lapwing
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