Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Megaclass Tetrapoda > Superclass Reptilia > Class Aves > Subclass Passerae > Superorder Ciconiimorphae > Order Charadriiformes > Suborder Charadrii > Superfamily Charadrioidea > Family Charadriidae > Genus Vanellus

Vanellus gregarius (Pallas, 1771)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Charadrius Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Vanellus*	Brisson, 1760	accepted genus name
*Chettusia*	Bonaparte, 1838	synonym

Species group names

*Chettusia gregaria*	(Pallas, 1771)	objective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: steppekievit sources: Avibase - the world bird database.

English: sociable lapwing sources: Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2011. IOC World Bird Names (version 2.8).

French: vanneau sociable sources: Avibase - the world bird database.

German: Steppenkiebitz sources: Avibase - the world bird database.

Ukrainian: Чайка степова

Literature

basis of record	BODC. (2009). Species list from the British Oceanographic Data Centre. BODC. (2009). Species list from the British Oceanographic Data Centre.
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.