Black-faced Sandgrouse (Pterocles decoratus) [XC451467]
by Andrew Spencer from Buffalo Springs NP, Kenya, Kenya (call, flight call, calls whilst drinking then flight call)
Black-faced Sandgrouse (Pterocles decoratus) [XC300646]
by Bernard BOUSQUET from South of Yabello, Ethiopia (call, contact calls on the grouns)
Subspecies
Birds of northern Tanzania formerly awarded separate subspecies, katharinae.
The following 3 subspecies are recognised:
ellenbecki Erlanger, 1905 - North-eastern Uganda and northern Kenya east to southern Ethiopia and southern Somalia. Also occurs in eastern Ethiopia.
decoratus Cabanis, 1868 - South-eastern Kenya and eastern Tanzania.
loveridgei (Friedmann, 1928) - Western Kenya and western Tanzania.