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Critically Endangered: Sociable Lapwing

10,000 Birds

Gujarat, December 2010. Locals being vegetarians, why are there no birds? Target for today: critically endangered Sociable Lapwing ( Vanellus gregarius ). The official definition of CR status says the species could be gone within ten years, or could lose 80 per cent of its population within three generations – whichever comes first.

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