Namaqua Sandgrouse (Pterocles namaqua)

Family
Pteroclidae (Sandgrouse)

Size
25 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Gmelin, 1789)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland dry shrubland, dry savanna, hot desert.

Range (Guide)

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

South-western Angola and Namibia east to south-western Zimbabwe, and south through Botswana, western Transvaal and Orange Free State to southern Cape Province.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
A nasal 'kelkie-vein' uttered in flight.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (28)...)

Namaqua Sandgrouse (Pterocles namaqua) [XC256469]
by Peter Boesman from Boons, North West, South Africa (call)

Namaqua Sandgrouse (Pterocles namaqua) [XC845529]
by id from Okaukuejo, Oshana Region, Namibia (flight call, flock of birds)

Subspecies
May be closely related to Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse (Pterocles exustus).

Birds from northern part of range formerly separated as subspecies ngami, those of southern and south-eastern as furva.

No subspecies.

References
See References.

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