Maps of the birds of the Western Palearctic Region
showing areas
 
-Waders
 CHARADRIIFORMES
          Charadriidae
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Vanellus gregarius
Dry steppe with Stipa grass or Artemisia. 
Cs Russia w to e Ukraine and lower Volga R., s and e to Kirghiz steppes, c Kazakhstan and L. Balkhash.
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Vanellus leucurus
Marshes, flooded fields, lakes, rivers. 
Cs Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Iran, s Kazakhstan, Transcaspia, Turkestan and probably w Afghanistan.
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Vanellus vanellus
Open fields, pastures, wet meadows, bogs, lakes. 
From Iceland, Faroe Is., British Isles and n Scandinavia se across nw,c Russia to Mongolia, n China and s Siberia to Transbaicalia, L. Baikal and s Ussuriland, s to nw Africa in n Morocco, n Mediterranean region, Turkey, Transcaucasus, n Caspian and Aral sea areas, and nw Iran.
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Vanellus gregarius
Sociable Lapwing
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uncommon
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Vanellus leucurus
White-tailed Lapwing
[Plover] 
common
has bred:s.Turkey,Syria,Azerbai-
jan,
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Vanellus vanellus
Northern Lapwing
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common
has bred: Iceland
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Index Families
Charadriidae 21 sp --
 19-20-21
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2001 by Alberto Masi