Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
LC
Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse*
Id (Atlas):
Pterocles lichtensteinii
Description (10 )
Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse
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Other Names (World)
Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse, Close-barred Sandgrouse, Abyssinian Sandgrouse
Family
Pteroclidae (Sandgrouse)
Size
25 cm
First Described (Guide )
Temminck, 1825
Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland dry shrubland, dry savanna. From sea-level - 1,800 m.
Algeria, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Iran [Islamic Republic of] (B), Israel (B), Jordan (B) (NB), Kenya, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Oman (B), Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, United Arab Emirates (B), Yemen (B).
Vagrant to Iraq (NB), Senegal, Uganda.
Unknown to Afghanistan.
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (15)... )
Listen to XC798402
Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse (Pterocles lichtensteinii ) [XC798402 ]
by Manuel Oudard from El Gouera, Zagora Province, Dr\u00e2a-Tafilalet, Morocco (alarm call, nocturnal flight call)
Listen to XC235337
Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse (Pterocles lichtensteinii ) [XC235337 ]
by Matthias Feuersenger from Eilot bassin, HaArava Region, Be'er Sheva, South District, Israel (call, flight call)
Subspecies
Formerly considered conspecific with Double-banded Sandgrouse (Pterocles bicinctus ) and Painted Sandgrouse (Pterocles indicus ). Also closely related to Four-banded Sandgrouse (Pterocles quadricinctus ).
The following 5 subspecies are recognised:
targius Geyr von Schweppenburg, 1916 - Sahara and Sahel, from southern Morocco and Mauritania east to Chad.
lichtensteinii Temminck, 1825 - Southern Israel, Sinai, south-eastern Egypt and Sudan to northern Ethiopia, northern Somalia and Socotra I.
sukensis Neumann, 1909 - South-eastern Sudan and southern Ethiopia south to central Kenya.
ingramsi Bates & Kinnear, 1937 - Yemen (Hadhramaut).
arabicus Neumann, 1909 - Southern Arabia, east to southern Iran, southern Afghanistan and Pakistan (Baluchistan, Sind).
References
See References .
Files:
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For more information about the Lichtensteins Sandgrouse see... BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
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