Sociable Lapwing
Summary
A single bird was first seen on the cricket pitch from January 27 to February 17, 2011. Last record was of another single bird which stayed from November, 2016 until February 2017. It visited the cricket pitch but was most often found in the waste area at the start of the mangrove walk that begins opposite the cricket pitch. This is a ‘critically endangered’ species.
Sociable Lapwing (Vanellus gregarius) | Example Image Image from Brian James |
Seasonality in KAUST (number of years since KAUST's founding when this species was observed in a given month):
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |