[order] PTEROCLIDIFORMES | [family] Pteroclididae | [latin] Pterocles orientalis | [UK] Black-bellied Sandgrouse | [FR] Ganga unibande | [DE] Sand-Flughuhn | [ES] Ortega | [NL] Zwartbuikzandhoen Subspecies Genus Species subspecies Breeding Range Breeding Range 2 Non Breeding Range Pterocles orientalis EU sw, also n AF Pterocles orientalis arenarius Kazakhstan to s Iran and Afghanistan, east […]
Tag: Sandgrouse
Pallass Sandgrouse (Syrrhaptes paradoxus)
[order] PTEROCLIDIFORMES | [family] Pteroclididae | [latin] Syrrhaptes paradoxus | [UK] Pallass Sandgrouse | [FR] Syrrhapte paradoxal | [DE] Steppen-Flughuhn | [ES] Ganga de Pallas | [NL] Steppehoen Subspecies Genus Species subspecies Breeding Range Breeding Range 2 Non Breeding Range Pterocles paradoxus Syrrhaptes paradoxus EU c Physical charateristics Pallas’s sandgrouse are medium-sized sandgrouse that range […]
Pin-tailed Sandgrouse (Pterocles alchata)
[order] PTEROCLIDIFORMES | [family] Pteroclididae | [latin] Pterocles alchata | [UK] Pin-tailed Sandgrouse | [FR] Ganga cata | [DE] Spiess-Flughuhn | [ES] Ganga comun | [NL] Witbuikzandhoen Subspecies Genus Species subspecies Breeding Range Breeding Range 2 Non Breeding Range Pterocles alchata EU sw, also n AF Pterocles alchata alchata Iberian Pen., se France Pterocles alchata […]
Spotted Sandgrouse (Pterocles senegallus)
[order] PTEROCLIDIFORMES | [family] Pteroclididae | [latin] Pterocles senegallus | [UK] Spotted Sandgrouse | [FR] Ganga tachete | [DE] Tropfen-Flughuhn | [ES] Ganga Moteada | [NL] Sahelzandhoen Subspecies Monotypic species Physical charateristics Diagnostic longitudinal black stripe on belly, more conspicuous during flight, dark trailing edge of wing. Throat and sides of head ochre or orange-yellow, […]