Sociable Lapwing - Vanellus gregarius

Sociable Lapwing (Vanellus gregarius) is a winter visitor to north west India. Size: 27-30 cm

Identification: Adult brownish grey with black and chestnut belly. White supercilium and black crown and eye-stripe. Winter adult more brown. Juvenile brown, slightly scalloped above, and streaked black below with broad white supercilium.

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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves (Birds)
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Charadriidae

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Anseriformes	Apodiformes	Bucerotiformes	Caprimulgiformes	Charadriiformes	Ciconiiformes	Columbiformes	Coraciiformes	Cuculiformes

Falconiformes	Galliformes	Gaviiformes	Gruiformes	Passeriformes	Pelecaniformes	Phoenicopteriformes	Piciformes	Podicipediformes

Procellariiformes	Psittaciformes	Pteroclidiformes		Strigiformes		Trogoniformes	Turniciformes	Upupiformes