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Sociable Lapwing
Chettusia gregaria
| Armenian Name: | Ճախրուկ |
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| Species Status: | Threatened Species - Species of Special Concern |
See Plate 25 for Sociable Lapwing and other similar species
| Resident Status: | Casual |
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| Length: | 27-30 cm, Wing Span:70-76 cm |
| Distribution Map: | Map 111. |
| Description: | Dark legs, black primaries, white secondaries, and black-banded tail. |
| Adult (Breeding): | Black crown, white forehead, white supercilium, black eyestripe, yellowish ear coverts, and black and brown-red belly patch. |
| Adult (Non-breeding): | Duller head pattern and white belly. |
| Juvenile: | Browner than non-breeding adult with pale feather edges; head and neck streaked. |
| Similar Species: | Juvenile differs from juvenile Eurasian Dotterel by less contrasting head and breast pattern, dark legs, and lack of pale breast band. |
| Behavior: | Often found in flocks of other lapwings and plovers. |
| Habitat: | Shores of ponds in semideserts and mountain steppe; wet meadows, river banks. |
| Food: | Invertebrates. |
