Sociable lapwing (Vanellus gregaria)

These include the Northern Bald Ibis, Sociable Lapwing, Spotted Ground-thrush and Basra Reed-warbler.

Sociable Lapwing or Sociable Plover, Vanellus gregarius Alternatively placed in Vanellochettusia or Chettusia:

One mammal (the Arabian oryx), and ten birds (cinereous bunting, corncrake, ferruginous duck, great snipe, greater spotted eagle, houbara bustard, lesser kestrel, pale harrier, sociable lapwing and Socotra cormorant) are treated by the plan as endangered.

Nine Vulnerable (VU) species (Baikal Teal, Baer's Pochard, Sarus Crane, Sociable Lapwing, Indian Skimmer, Pallas's Fish Eagle, Lesser Adjutant, Bristled Grassbird and Finn's Weaver)

Although the predicted sociable plover failed to show, it's been an extraordinary week for migration, according to the BTO's Paul Stancliffe.

Roy is a middle-aged, obsessive bird watcher, who needs just one more sighting (of the Sociable Plover) to complete the entire British list of birds.

Sociable Lapwing or Sociable Plover, Vanellus gregarius Alternatively placed in Vanellochettusia or Chettusia:

The film starred Alex MacQueen and Phil Campbell, based on the stage play The Sociable Plover by Tim Whitnall, who also wrote the screenplay.

The Hide, shot at Pinewood Studios and on location in Kent, is the screen adaptation of Tim Whitnall's critically acclaimed play The Sociable Plover, an intense and dark thriller.

For example, the large and very common Australian bird traditionally known as the 'Spur-winged Plover', is now the Masked Lapwing; the former 'Sociable Plover' is now the Sociable Lapwing.

Tim's critically acclaimed 2005 theatre play "The Sociable Plover" has recently been made into a feature movie by Poisson Rouge Pictures and Solution Films(re-titled as "The Hide") for release later in 2008.

In a bird hide on the wind-swept Suffolk marshes, lone bird watcher Roy Tunt (played by Alex MacQueen) is attempting to complete his immense list of birds by spotting the elusive Sociable Plover.

Their first production The Sociable Plover at the Old Red Lion Theatre, Islington has gone on to achieve international success as a feature film The Hide starring Alex MacQueen nominated Best Actor Evening Standard Awards.