Plovers

Sociable Lapwing

Vanellus gregarius

The Sociable Lapwing (Vanellus gregarius) is a 224 g grassland bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. It migrates.

Family

Plovers

Order

Charadriiformes

Weight

224 g

Habitat

Grassland

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Migrant

Countries recorded

32

Recorded in Netherlands, Sweden, United Arab Emirates, Spain, Israel, France, United Kingdom, Oman, Belgium, Kazakhstan, Portugal, Germany, Kuwait, Poland, Denmark, Russia, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Finland, India, Czechia, Iran, Hungary, Qatar, Uzbekistan, Switzerland, Austria, Saudi Arabia, Georgia, Italy, Ukraine, Pakistan.

Where to see it: Dubai Pivot Fields (historical) (United Arab Emirates); Sulaibiya Pivot Fields - Southern Section (Restricted Access) (Kuwait); Shirvan NP · General Area (Azerbaijan); Wamm Farms (United Arab Emirates); Qanbarabad Reservoir · مخزن آب قنبرآباد (Iran).

Photo: (c) Andrew Bazdyrev, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist