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[HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
16/05/2024 07:16:41 PM
Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
LC
Burchell's Sandgrouse*
Id (Atlas):
Pterocles burchelli
Description (10 )
Burchell's Sandgrouse
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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.
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
Listen to XC347014
Burchell's Sandgrouse (Pterocles burchelli ) [XC347014 ]
by Lynette Rudman from Etosha National Park, east side, Namibia (call)
Listen to XC397231
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:
BirdLife International
For more information about the Burchells Sandgrouse see... BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
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