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Critically Endangered: Sociable Lapwing

10,000 Birds

Locals being vegetarians, why are there no birds? Actually, despite the fact that central Asian steppes cover huge areas, Sociable Lapwings breed only around nomadic cattle herders’ settlements, which signifies that this species has evolved alongside wild ungulates, such as Blackbuck and Saiga antelopes, which kept the grass short.

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