Pallas's sandgrouse
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Pallas's sandgrouse is a medium to large bird in the sandgrouse family.
Syrrhaptes paradoxus
Syrrhaptes paradoxus egg
Syrrhaptes paradoxus
Syrrhapte paradoxal
Tibetan sandgrouse
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The Tibetan sandgrouse is a large bird in the sandgrouse family. The genus name Syrrhaptes is from Ancient Greek surrhaptos, "sewn together" and tibetanus is from the type locality, Tibet.
Pallas's sandgrouse
…buff-coloured, barred above with a black belly patch and pale underwings. The black belly and pale underwing distinguish this species from the related Tibetan sandgrouse. The male Pallas's sandgrouse is distinguished by its grey head and breast, orange face and grey breast band. The female has duller plumage and lacks…
Tibetan Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes Tibetanus
At Merak, Ladakh
Syrrhaptes tibetanus