Black-bellied Sandgrouse (Pterocles) [XC704244]
by Stanislas Wroza from Mour\u00e3o, Mour\u00e3o, \u00c9vora, Portugal (flight call)
Black-bellied Sandgrouse (Pterocles orientalis) [XC511587]
by Paulo Alves from steppes west of A-2214, between Ontine\u00f1a and Candasnos, Los Monegros, Huesca, Arag\u00f3n, Spain (call, flight call)
Subspecies
Birds of Iberia and north-western Africa formerly separated as subspecies aragonica. Possible subspecies enigmaticus, koslovae and bangsi now included in nominate.
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
orientalis (Linnaeus, 1758) - Iberian Peninsula, Canary Is (Fuerteventura, Lanzarote) and north-western Africa from Morocco to north-western Libya. Also Cyprus, Israel, Anatolia and Armenia.
arenarius (Pallas, 1775) - North-western Kazakhstan east to north-western China (north-western Xinjiang), and south to Iran, Afghanistan and south-western Pakistan (Baluchistan).