Sociable lapwing

Sociable lapwing
	At the Little Rann of Kutch, India
Conservation status
	; Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Charadriiformes
Family:	Charadriidae
Genus:	Vanellus
Species:	V. gregarius
Binomial name
	Vanellus gregarius; (Pallas, 1771) ; Volga, Russian Empire
	Range of V. gregarius (Compiled by: BirdLife International and Handbook of the Birds of the World (2019) 2019.) Breeding summer range Migration overwintering Contracted range (extirpated)
Synonyms
	Chaetusia gregaria (unjustified emendation); Charadrius gregarius Pallas, 1771; Cheltusia gregaria (unjustified emendation); Chettusia gregaria (Pallas, 1771); Chetusia gregaria (unjustified emendation); Choetusia gregaria (unjustified emendation)

The sociable lapwing (Vanellus gregarius), referred to as the sociable plover in the UK, is a wader in the plover family. It is a fully migratory bird, breeding in Kazakhstan and wintering in the Middle East, Indian Subcontinent, and Sudan. Historical literature referred to this bird as the Black-bellied lapwing.^[2]

^ BirdLife International (2019) [amended version of 2018 assessment]. "Vanellus gregarius". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T22694053A155545788. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T22694053A155545788.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
^ "Ornithology of Gibraltar, page 272=10 November 2022". openlibrary. 1895.

[iucn_status_12_November_2021-1] BirdLife International (2019) [amended version of 2018 assessment]. "Vanellus gregarius". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T22694053A155545788. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T22694053A155545788.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.

[2] "Ornithology of Gibraltar, page 272=10 November 2022". openlibrary. 1895.

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Sociable lapwing

At the Little Rann of Kutch, India

Conservation status
Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Charadriiformes
Family:	Charadriidae
Genus:	Vanellus
Species:	V. gregarius
Binomial name
*Vanellus gregarius* (Pallas, 1771) Volga, Russian Empire

Range of V. gregarius (Compiled by: BirdLife International and Handbook of the Birds of the World (2019) 2019.) Breeding summer range Migration overwintering Contracted range (extirpated)
Synonyms
Chaetusia gregaria (unjustified emendation) Charadrius gregarius Pallas, 1771 Cheltusia gregaria (unjustified emendation) Chettusia gregaria (Pallas, 1771) Chetusia gregaria (unjustified emendation) Choetusia gregaria (unjustified emendation)