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 LC    Yellow-throated Sandgrouse* Id (Atlas):
    Pterocles gutturalis

Description (10)
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Family
Pteroclidae (Sandgrouse)

Size
31 cm

First Described (Guide)
Smith, 1836

Range (Guide)
Angola, Botswana, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania [United Republic of], Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (6)...)

 
Yellow-throated Sandgrouse (Pterocles gutturalis) [XC429963]
     by Bernard BOUSQUET from Ndutu Safari Lodge, Ngorongoro, Arusha Region, Tanzania (call)

 
Yellow-throated Sandgrouse (Pterocles gutturalis) [XC83693]
     by Bernard BOUSQUET from Gibe Gorge, Ethiopia (flight call)

Subspecies
Birds from east of L Tanganyika formerly separated as subspecies tanganjicae.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

  • saturatior Hartert, 1900   -  Ethiopia south through Kenya and Tanzania to extreme northern Zambia.
  • gutturalis Smith, 1836   -  Southern Zambia and western Zimbabwe south through Botswana to northern Cape Province and western Transvaal.



References
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Files:
JPG files for Yellow-throated Sandgrouse (Pterocles gutturalis) - 10 files


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