Burchell's Sandgrouse (Pterocles burchelli)

Other Names (World)
Burchell's Sandgrouse, Variegated Sandgrouse, Spotted Sandgrouse, Southern Sandgrouse, Southern Spotted Sandgrouse

Family
Pteroclidae (Sandgrouse)

Size
25 cm

First Described (Guide)
Sclater, 1922

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland dry grassland and shrubland, dry savanna.

Range (Guide)

Angola, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

South-eastern Angola, Namibia and Botswana, east to south-western Zambia, Zimbabwe and north-western Transvaal, south to northern Cape Province and western Orange Free State.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
A soft , mellow 'chup-chup, choop-choop', uttered in flight.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files

Burchell's Sandgrouse (Pterocles burchelli) [XC347014]
by Lynette Rudman from Etosha National Park, east side, Namibia (call)

Burchell's Sandgrouse (Pterocles burchelli) [XC397231]
by id from Kgalagadi South, Kgalagadi District, Botswana (call)

Subspecies
Birds of northern Namibia and northern Botswana were separated as subspecies makarikari.

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

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