Sandgrouse
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Sandgrouse is the common name for Pteroclidae, a family of sixteen species of bird, members of the order Pterocliformes. They are traditionally placed in two genera. The two central Asian species are
Pterocles alchata
Pallas's sandgrouse in a field in the Gobi Desert
Namaqua sandgrouse are gregarious and feed and drink in large flocks
Painted sandgrouse chick
Pterocles
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Pterocles is a genus of near passerine birds in the sandgrouse family. It includes all the species in the family except for two central Asian species in Syrrhaptes.
Sandgrouse
…two genera. The two central Asian species are classified as Syrrhaptes and the other fourteen species, from Africa and Asia, are placed in the genus Pterocles. They are ground-dwelling birds restricted to treeless, open country, such as plains, savannahs, and semi-deserts. They are distributed across northern…
Pterocles senegallus hm
Pin tailed sandgrouse
2012 namaqua sandgrouse male
Chestnut bellied sandgrouse famale