Sociable Lapwing

The Sociable Lapwing or Sociable Plover is a wader in the lapwing family of birds.

The Sociable Lapwing is classified as Critically Endangered (CR), facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild.

rspb logoThe Sociable Lapwing Vanellus gregarius is one of 192 bird species designated as Critically Endangered - meaning that it is considered to be facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild. More

Seeing Sociable Lapwing in Kazakhstan - By Corey • June 8, 2009 • 1 comment After our excellent time at the Korgalzhyn State Nature Reserve we bid a fond farewell to its gorgeous grassy terrain and made our way to a location where Sociable Lapwing were known to breed. More

Two sociable lapwings, satellite tagged in Kazakhstan last summer, have flown more than 5,000 miles to central Sudan where they are spending the winter before their return flight to breeding grounds in the central Asian republic. The species is one of the smallest birds ever to carry a tracking device and its journey has revealed far more about its migration than scientists expected. Only now are conservationists realising how important African countries are to sociable lapwings. More

The Sociable Lapwing or Sociable Plover (Vanellus gregarius) is a wader in the lapwing family of birds. It breeds on open grassland in Russia and Kazakhstan. Three to five eggs are laid in a ground nest. These birds migrate south through Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Armenia, Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Syria and Turkey, to key wintering sites in Israel, Syria, Eritrea, Sudan and north-west India. Birds winter occasionally in Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Oman. More

The sociable lapwing is classified as Critically Endangered (CR) on the IUCN Red List 2007 (1) and is listed on Appendices I and II of the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS or Bonn Convention) (3). It is also listed on the African-Eurasian Migratory Water Bird Agreement (4). Description - This conspicuously marked plover has yellow cheeks beneath a black stripe running from the black beak through the eye. More

Sociable Lapwing determination Similar species Charadriidae American Golden Plover | Caspian Plover | Dotterel | Golden-Plover | Greater Sand Plover | Grey Plover | Kentish Plover | Killdeer | Little Ringed Plover | Mongolian Plover | Northern Lapwing | Pacific Golden Plover | Ringed Plover | Semipalmated Plover | Sociable Lapwing | Spur-Winged Lapwing | More

Sociable Lapwing by Maxim Koshkin Kazakh Sociable Lapwings - Our reporter, Fiona Roberts, joins Paul Donald of the RSPB on his roadtrip of Kazakhstan, looking for ultra-rare Sociable Lapwings * Download the audio here * Share this audio * Download our desktop widget Embed this code into your website or blog to display our audio player. More

Sociable Lapwings in Sudan = * 27 Feb 2008 * Tags: Animal Sat Nav, * Author: RSPB * For the first time in 50 years, two rare Sociable Lapwings have been discovered in Sudan. More

For the purposes of our bird news services, Sociable Lapwing is classed as Mega: species which have not yet occurred in the British Isles or are exceedingly rare, or are otherwise highly desirable. hide section Most recent UK and Irish reports of Sociable Lapwing Negative news 18:10 20/10/08 Sociable Lapwing Scilly St. Mary's Mega 15:20 20/10/08 Sociable Lapwing Scilly St. More

Mahmoud Sheish Abdallah The Sociable Lapwing discovery was made in the short grasslands of Northern Syria Zoom In Sociable Lapwing: Ornithologists “hit jackpot” = 02-03-2007 A small expedition team travelling across Syria today announced the discovery of the largest wintering population of one of Eurasia’s most endangered birds, the Sociable Lapwing. More

The diet of the Sociable Lapwing consists of insects and other small prey mainly from grassland and arable. The nest is on the ground and the female lays three to five eggs. Bird Life International listed this species as critically endangered in 2004 due to a rapid decline in population for poorly understood reasons. The decline took place mostly between 1960 and 1987. The population was only 20 to 25% of the 1930s population. In 2006 the estimated population was between 600 and 1800 individuals. More

The Sociable Lapwing, Vanellus gregarius, breeds in Russia and Kazakhstan, dispersing through Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Armenia, Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Syria and Turkey, to key wintering sites in Israel, Eritrea, Sudan and north-west India. Birds winter occasionally in Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Oman. Image courtesy of Maxim Koshkin It has suffered a very rapid decline and range contraction. More

2007, a superflock of approximately 3,200 Sociable Lapwing were discovered in Turkey, according to Guven Eken, director of the Turkish Nature Association. The current IUCN classification is CR A3bc - meaning that the population is expected to decline in the next decade or so by 80%, but based on theoretical considerations and the known habitat destruction rather than direct observation of the birds. Thus, the new discoveries might mean that as more data becomes available, the species could be downlisted to Endangered. More

Critically endangered Sociable lapwing flock discovered in Turkey = 07/07/2007 00:00:00 Sociable lapwing - * The sociable lapwing, Vanellus gregarius, or sociable plover, at 30 cm long is slightly smaller than the northern lapwing. It has a striking white eye stripe and black crown and a harsh call. More

Critically endangered Sociable lapwings killed by hunters in Syria = 31/03/2009 10:06:57birds/2009_jan/sociable_lapwing_hunted_rspb Sociable lapwing killed by hunters. Credit RSPB Hunting danger to one of world's most threatened birds March 2009. Hunting in the Middle East has been recognised as a major threat to one of the world's most endangered birds. A joint survey mission by RSPB and the Syrian Society for Conservation of Wildlife SSCW has uncovered the new dangers in Syria to the sociable lapwing. More

The Sociable Lapwing or Sociable Plover (Vanellus gregarius) is a wader in the lapwing family of birds. pets No sociable lapwing pets yet! pictures No sociable lapwing pictures yet! videos No sociable lapwing videos yet! owners No sociable lapwing owners yet! blogs No sociable lapwing blogs yet! This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. More