Black-bellied Sandgrouse (Pterocles orientalis) [XC794483]
by Bernard BOUSQUET from Vale Gon\u00e7alinho, Castro Verde, Beja, Portugal (flight call)
Black-bellied Sandgrouse (Pterocles orientalis) [XC145270]
by Herman van Oosten from Qalshengel, Taukum Desert, Kazakhstan (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).