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[HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
12/05/2024 04:18:52 PM
Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
LC
Double-banded Sandgrouse*
Id (Atlas):
Pterocles bicinctus
Description (10 )
Double-banded Sandgrouse
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Family
Pteroclidae (Sandgrouse)
Size
25 - 28 cm
First Described (Guide )
Temminck, 1815
Angola, Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
Voice
A whistling 'chwee-chee-chee'. A soft 'wee-chee-choo-chip-chip' uttered in flight.
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (13)... )
Listen to XC58652
Double-banded Sandgrouse (Pterocles bicinctus ) [XC58652 ]
by Niall Perrins from Okaukuejo, Namibia (song)
Listen to XC444668
Double-banded Sandgrouse (Pterocles bicinctus ) [XC444668 ]
by Craig Robertson from Warmbad, Bosveld, Limpopo, South Africa (call)
Subspecies
Formerly considered conspecific with Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse (Pterocles lichtensteinii ) and Painted Sandgrouse (Pterocles indicus ). Also closely related to Four-banded Sandgrouse (Pterocles quadricinctus ).
Birds from northern Namibia and northern Botswana were separated as subspecies chobiensis , those of northern Zimbabwe and Mozambique as usheri , and those of western Namibia as elizabethae .
The following 3 subspecies are recognised:
ansorgei (Benson, 1947) - South-western Angola.
bicinctus Temminck, 1815 - Namibia, Botswana, north-western Cape Province (South Africa).
multicolor Hartert, 1908 - Southern and eastern Zambia, southern Malawi and western Mozambique, south to Transvaal.
References
See References .
Files:
BirdLife International
For more information about the Double-banded Sandgrouse see... BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
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