Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
LC
Pin-tailed Sandgrouse*
Id (Atlas):
Pterocles alchata
Description (10 )
Pin-tailed Sandgrouse
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Other Names (World)
Pin-tailed Sandgrouse, Large Pin-tailed Sandgrouse, White-bellied Sandgrouse
Family
Pteroclidae (Sandgrouse)
Size
28 - 37 cm
First Described (Guide )
(Linnaeus, 1766)
Afghanistan (B) (NB), Algeria, Azerbaijan, Egypt (B), France (B) (NB), India, Iran [Islamic Republic of] (B), Iraq (B) (NB), Israel (B), Jordan (B) (NB), Kazakhstan (B), Kuwait (B), Kyrgyzstan (B), Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Morocco, Pakistan (B), Portugal (B) (NB), Saudi Arabia (B), Spain (B) (NB), Syrian Arab Republic (B), Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkey (B), Turkmenistan (B), Uzbekistan (B).
Vagrant to Cyprus, Gibraltar, Greece, Italy, Lebanon, Malta.
Population
Estimated population is 130,000 - 1,500,000 (2010).
Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (81)... )
Listen to XC149067
Pin-tailed Sandgrouse (Pterocles ) [XC149067 ]
by Patrik \u00c5berg from Trujillo, C\u00e1ceres, Extremadura, Spain (call)
Listen to XC182895
Pin-tailed Sandgrouse (Pterocles ) [XC182895 ]
by Stanislas Wroza from Zhalagash District, Kyzylorda Province, Kazakhstan (flight call)
Subspecies
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
alchata (Linnaeus, 1766) - Iberian Peninsula and south-eastern France.
caudacutus (Gmelin, SG, 1774) - North-western Africa, from Morocco east to northern Libya; south-eastern Turkey and Middle East through Iraq and Iran east to Uzbekistan and southern Kazakhstan.
References
See References .
Files:
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For more information about the Pin-tailed Sandgrouse see... BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
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