Editing Sociable lapwing (section)

==Description==
[[File:Vanellus gregarius 20190414 t1830.jpg|thumb|left|A male alongside a [[Vanellus vanellus|lapwing]] in [[Paris]], [[Second French Empire|France]]]]
This medium-sized lapwing has longish black legs and a short black bill. Non breeding individuals in winter have light brown wings with a striking head pattern. The sociable lapwing has a black crown and eyestripe, the latter being bordered above and below with white. The underside of the bird is white. Its long-ish black legs, white tail with a black terminal band and distinctive brown, white and grey wings make it almost unmistakable in flight.

The summer breeding plumage is much more vivid. The brown feathers become grey-ish and slightly glossy with the exception of the cheeks, which are ochre. The stripes across the eyes and the bird’s crown are stronger in colour, and the lower breast of the bird takes on a black plumage which fades to rich chestnut-coloured feathers as they near the vent.<ref name=BirdLifeFactsheet>{{cite web |publisher=BirdLife International |title=Species factsheet: Sociable Lapwing ''Vanellus gregarius'' |url=http://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/sociable-lapwing-vanellus-gregarius | access-date = 20 September 2015}}</ref>

[[File: Naturalis Biodiversity Center - ZMA.AVES.14984 - Vanellus gregarius Pallas, 1771 - Charadriidae - skin specimen.jpeg|thumb|left|A skin specimen of a male sociable lapwing collected in the [[Russian Empire]], 1913]]
Juveniles have a bordered back feathers giving them a “scaly” appearance and only traces of the head pattern.

This bird resembles the more abundant [[white-tailed lapwing]], but has a striped crown and dark grey legs as opposed to the yellow legs and plain head of the white-tailed lapwing.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://ebird.org/species/soclap1 | title= EBird- Sociable lapwing}}</ref> It is between{{cvt|27|–|30|cm|in}} in length. The call is a harsh ''kereck''.

[[File:Vanellus gregarius MHNT.jpg|thumb|left|Egg - [[MHNT]]]]