Vanellus gregarius

Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Charadriiformes/Charadriidae/Vanellus

At a glance

Occurrence records9 751

Data sources7

Biological traits28

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources7 archives

Databases and archives Vanellus gregarius's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation14 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility9 744 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System7 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

IOC World Bird ListIOCbird checklist↗

On this page3 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources28 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF · OBIS9 751 records

01Narrative

The sociable lapwing or sociable plover (Vanellus gregarius) is a scarce wader in the plover family. It is a fully migratory bird, breeding in Kazakhstan and wintering in the Middle East, Indian Subcontinent, and Sudan. 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" referring to its tendency to be present alongside conspecifics and other closely related birds.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesAmnioteDBAVONETEltonTraits

Size & morphology13

Beak depth5.5 mm

Beak length (culmen)34.4 mm

Beak length (nares)17.6 mm

Beak width4.6 mm

Body mass231 g

Body mass (female)208 g

Body mass (male)252 g

Hand-wing index49.2

Kipp's distance97.3 mm

Secondary length100 mm

Tail length80.4 mm

Tarsus length60.9 mm

Wing length200 mm

Life cycle & reproduction6

Egg mass26.5 g

Fledging age37.5 days

Incubation29 days

Litter size3.6

Litters per year1 /year

Neonate mass15 g

Diet & foraging5

Ground100 %

Invertebrate90 %

Plant other10 %

Trophic levelcarnivore

Trophic nicheInvertivore

Habitat & environment4

HabitatGrassland

Migration3.0

Primary lifestyleTerrestrial

Range size1 077 682 km²

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type9 751 records

Wild obs. + sensor9 673

Museum / vouchered78

Origin

Native2

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO5 588 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy31% within 1 km

≤100 m 375≤1 km 1 143≤10 km 3 189>10 km 124

4 831 georeferenced · 4 842 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor9 673

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy42% within 1 km

≤1 km 18≤10 km 7>10 km 18

43 georeferenced · 35 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence78

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions8 of 12 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Zoological Museum, Moscow Lomonosov State Universitylocation not on record	26
Ann Arbor, US	9
Toronto, CA	7
Brussels, BE	7
New Haven, US	5
RBINS-Scientific Heritagelocation not on record	5
Geneva, CH	4
Thiruvananthapuram Natural History Museumlocation not on record	2
Helsinki, FI	2
Philadelphia, US	1
Ohio State University - Bird Division, Columbus, OH (OSUM)location not on record	1
Copenhagen, DK	1

12 institutions · 70 of 78 vouchered records shown · 1 without an institution code

At a glance

Sources7 archives

Size & morphology13

Life cycle & reproduction6

Diet & foraging5

Habitat & environment4

Record type9 751 records

Origin

Range

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions8 of 12 geolocated

Record type9 751 records