Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Charadriiformes > Charadriidae > Vanellus > Vanellus gregariusVanellus gregarius (Sociable Lapwing)Synonyms: Charadrius gregarius (homotypic); Chettusia gregaria; Chettusia gregaria gregaria The sociable lapwing or sociable plover (Vanellus gregarius) is a critically endangered wader in the lapwing family of birds. The genus name is Medieval Latin for a lapwing and derives from vannus a winnowing fan. The specific gregarius is Latin for "sociable" from grex, gregis, "flock". |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 10.7089 EDGE Score: 5.23294 |
| Adult Weight [1] | 234 grams | | Birth Weight [2] | 26.5 grams | | Female Weight [5] | 200 grams | | Male Weight [4] | 252 grams | | Weight Dimorphism [4] | 21.2 % |  | | Diet [3] | Carnivore (Invertebrates), Herbivore | | Diet - Invertibrates [3] | 90 % | | Diet - Plants [3] | 10 % | | Forages - Ground [3] | 100 % | | | Clutch Size [7] | 3 | | Clutches / Year [4] | 1 | | Fledging [4] | 38 days | | Incubation [6] | 28 days | | Migration [8] | Intercontinental | | Wing Span [6] | 28 inches (.7 m) |
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| Name |
Countries |
Ecozone |
Biome |
Species |
Report |
Climate |
Land
Use |
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Arabian Desert and East Sahero-Arabian xeric shrublands |
Saudi Arabia, Oman, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Egypt , Iraq, Jordan, Syria |
Palearctic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Arabian Peninsula coastal fog desert |
Oman, Yemen, Saudi Arabia |
Afrotropic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Caspian lowland desert |
Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Iran |
Palearctic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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East European forest steppe |
Bulgaria, Moldova, Romania, Russia, Ukraine |
Palearctic |
Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests |
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Eastern Mediterranean conifer-sclerophyllous-broadleaf forests |
Turkey, Jordan, Israel, Syria |
Palearctic |
Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub |
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Ethiopian montane forests |
Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, Sudan |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Ethiopian montane grasslands and woodlands |
Ethiopia, Eritrea |
Afrotropic |
Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
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Ethiopian xeric grasslands and shrublands |
Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia |
Afrotropic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Gulf of Oman desert and semi-desert |
Oman, United Arab Emirates |
Afrotropic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Kazakh forest steppe |
Russia, Kazakhstan |
Palearctic |
Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Kazakh semi-desert |
Kazakhstan |
Palearctic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Kazakh steppe |
Russia, Kazakhstan |
Palearctic |
Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Kazakh upland |
Kazahkstan |
Palearctic |
Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Mesopotamian shrub desert |
Iraq, Syria, Jordan |
Palearctic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Middle East steppe |
Syria, Iraq |
Palearctic |
Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Nile Delta flooded savanna |
Egypt |
Palearctic |
Flooded Grasslands and Savannas |
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North Saharan steppe and woodlands |
Egypt, Libya, Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, Western Sahara, Mauritania |
Palearctic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Northwestern thorn scrub forests |
India, Pakistan |
Indo-Malayan |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Pontic steppe |
Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine |
Palearctic |
Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Sahara desert |
Egypt, Sudan, Libya, Algeria, Mauritania, Mali, Chad, Niger |
Palearctic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Sahelian Acacia savanna |
Senegal, Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad, Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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South Saharan steppe and woodlands |
Mauritania, Mali, Algeria, Niger, Chad, Sudan |
Palearctic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Tigris-Euphrates alluvial salt marsh |
Iran, Iraq |
Palearctic |
Flooded Grasslands and Savannas |
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Ural montane forests and tundra |
Russia |
Palearctic |
Boreal Forests/Taiga |
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Location |
IBA Criteria |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
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Aktubek |
Kazakhstan |
A1, A3, A4i |
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Amangeldy |
Kazakhstan |
A1, A3, A4i |
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Amankaragay Forest |
Kazakhstan |
A1, A3 |
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Anzali Mordab complex |
Iran, Islamic Republic of |
A1, A4i, A4iii, B1i, B2 |
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Birsuat |
Russia (Central Asian) |
A1, A3, A4i |
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Blagoveschenskaya (Kulunda lake and vicinity) |
Russia (Central Asian) |
A1, A3, A4i, A4iii |
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Buhayrat al-Assad |
Syria |
A1, A4i, A4iii, B1i, B2, B3 |
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Bulukhta area |
Russia (European) |
A1, A3, A4i, B1i, B2 |
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Chingiztau Mountains |
Kazakhstan |
A1, A3, A4i, A4ii |
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Corbett Tiger Reserve |
India |
A1 |
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Dihaila Jheel and other wetlands |
India |
A1, A4i, A4iii |
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Dzheiran Ecocentre |
Uzbekistan |
A1, A3, A4i |
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Ertis Ormany (Shaldai Forest) |
Kazakhstan |
A1, A3 |
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Flamingo city |
India |
A1, A4iii |
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Golan Heights |
Syria |
A1, A4i, A4iv |
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Haur Al Suwayqiyah |
Iraq |
A1, A4i, B1i, B2 |
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Hula valley |
Israel |
A1, A4i, A4iii, A4iv, B1i, B1iv, B2, B3 |
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Irgiz-Turgay Lakes |
Kazakhstan |
A1, A3, A4i, A4iii |
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Jezre'el, Harod and Bet She'an valleys |
Israel |
A1, A4i, A4iii, A4iv, B1i, B1iv, B2, B3 |
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Keoladeo National Park and Ajan Bande |
India |
A1, A4iii |
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Kirthar National Park (including Hub Dam) |
Pakistan |
A1, A4i, A4iii |
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Korgalzhyn State Nature Reserve |
Kazakhstan |
A1, A3, A4i, A4iii |
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Koybagar-Tyuntyugur Lake System |
Kazakhstan |
A1, A3, A4i, A4iii |
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Krasnoarmeiskiye waste lands |
Russia (European) |
A1, B1iv |
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Kulaksay lowland |
Russia (European) |
A1, A3, A4i, B1i, B2 |
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Kulykol-Taldykol Lake System |
Kazakhstan |
A1, A4i, A4iii |
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Kumdykol-Zharlykol Lake System |
Kazakhstan |
A1, A3, A4i, A4iii |
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Kurra Jheel |
India |
A1, A4iii |
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Lower reaches of the Emba River |
Kazakhstan |
A1, A4i, A4iii |
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Lysyi Liman lake and valley of Vostochniy Manych river |
Russia (European) |
A1, A3, A4i, A4iii, B1i, B2 |
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Mafraq: Irbid plain |
Jordan |
A1, B2 |
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Mongol Daguur |
Mongolia |
A1, A3, A4i |
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Mouth of Samur river |
Russia (European) |
A1, A4i, B1i, B3 |
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Naliya Grassland (Lala Bustard Wildlife Sanctuary) |
India |
A1 |
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Naurzum State Nature Reserve |
Kazakhstan |
A1, A3, A4i, A4iii |
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Ogii Lake |
Mongolia |
A1, A4i, A4iii |
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Okhla Bird Sanctuary |
India |
A1, A4iii |
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Samara dam |
Iraq |
A4i, B1i, B1iv, B2, B3 |
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Sarykopa Lake System |
Kazakhstan |
A1, A3, A4i, A4iii |
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Shoshkaly Lake System |
Kazakhstan |
A1, A3, A4i, A4iii |
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Southern part of Chograiski reservoir |
Russia (European) |
A1, A4i, B1i |
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Stepnovski saltmarshes |
Russia (European) |
A1, A3, A4i, B1i, B2 |
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Tounsor Hollow Lakes |
Kazakhstan |
A1, A3, A4i, A4iii |
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Tual al-'Abba |
Syria |
A1, A4i, B1i, B2 |
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Ulytau Mountains |
Kazakhstan |
A1, A3 |
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Uzkaya Steppe |
Russia (Central Asian) |
A1, A3 |
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Valmiki Tiger Reserve and Saraiyaman Lake |
India |
A1, A3 |
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Vicinity of Korgalzhyn village |
Kazakhstan |
A1, A3, A4i |
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Western Negev |
Israel |
A1, A4iv, B1i, B1iv, B2 |
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Zevulun valley |
Israel |
A1, A4i, B1i, B2 |
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Zharsor-Urkash Salt Lakes |
Kazakhstan |
A1, A3, A4i, A4iii |
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Zhumay-Mayshukyr Lake System |
Kazakhstan |
A1, A3, A4i, A4iii |
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Zhusandala |
Kazakhstan |
A1, A3 |
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Location |
Endemic |
Species |
Website |
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Eastern Afromontane |
Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zimbabwe |
No |
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Horn of Africa |
Djibouti, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Oman, Somalia, Yemen |
No |
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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