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.

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