Editing Sociable lapwing (section)

{{Short description|Species of bird}}
{{Speciesbox
| status = CR
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 12 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |year=2019 |title=''Vanellus gregarius'' |amends=2018 |page=e.T22694053A155545788 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T22694053A155545788.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}</ref>
| image = SociablePlover.jpg
| image_caption = At the [[Little Rann of Kutch]], India
| image2 = Vanellus gregarius - Sociable Lapwing XC467005.mp3
| genus = Vanellus
| species = gregarius
| authority = ([[Peter Simon Pallas|Pallas]], 1771)
<br />[[Volga]], [[Russian Empire]]
| synonyms = ''Chaetusia gregaria'' <small>(unjustified emendation)</small><br />
''Charadrius gregarius'' <small>Pallas, 1771</small><br />
''Cheltusia gregaria'' <small>(unjustified emendation)</small><br />
''Chettusia gregaria'' <small>(Pallas, 1771)</small><br />
''Chetusia gregaria'' <small>(unjustified emendation)</small><br />
''Choetusia gregaria'' <small>(unjustified emendation)</small>
| range_map = Vanellus gregarius range map 2.png
| range_map_caption = Range of ''V. gregarius'' (Compiled by: Fahad)
}}

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'''.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://archive.org/details/ornithologyofstr00irbyrich/page/n191/mode/1up?ref=ol&view=theater | title=Ornithology of Gibraltar, page 272=10 November 2022|work=openlibrary| year=1895 }}</ref>