Typical Sandgrouse
Pterocles
Pterocles is a genus of near passerine birds in the sandgrouse family. It includes all the species in the family except for two central Asian species in Syrrhaptes
14 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 14 known species
Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse
speciesPterocles exustus
Black-bellied Sandgrouse
speciesPterocles orientalis
Double-banded Sandgrouse
speciesPterocles bicinctus
Pin-tailed Sandgrouse
speciesPterocles alchata
Namaqua Sandgrouse
speciesPterocles namaqua
Black-faced Sandgrouse
speciesPterocles decoratus
Burchell's Sandgrouse
speciesPterocles burchelli
Yellow-throated Sandgrouse
speciesPterocles gutturalis
Spotted Sandgrouse
speciesPterocles senegallus
Crowned Sandgrouse
speciesPterocles coronatus
Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse
speciesPterocles lichtensteinii
Painted Sandgrouse
speciesPterocles indicus
Four-banded Sandgrouse
speciesPterocles quadricinctus
Madagascar Sandgrouse
speciesPterocles personatus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 71746.