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Sociable Plover

Vanellus gregarius

184Records since 2000
DecemberPeak month
7Counties with records
Critically EndangeredIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan6
Feb22
Mar2
Apr0
May0
Jun0
Jul0
Aug0
Sep5
Oct58
Nov12
Dec79

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cornwall England62
2Suffolk England36
3Isles of Scilly England19
4Thurrock England9
5Somerset England2
6Kent England1
7Armagh City, Banbridge and Craig Northern Ireland1
183 England

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 7 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
184
Peak month
December
Counties with records
7
IUCN Red List
Critically Endangered
Scientific name
Vanellus gregarius
Group
Birds
Most recorded in
Cornwall
Conservation designations
Convention on Migratory Species
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Charadriiformes
Family
Charadriidae
Genus
Vanellus
Name with authority
Vanellus gregarius (Pallas, 1771)
Described
1771

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q279307 · GBIF 5229138