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Pterocles
Sign in to savePterocles 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.
Species
Double-banded Sandgrouse
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderPteroclidiformes
- FamilyPteroclididae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 15
- With media
- 11
- Family
- Pteroclididae
- Collections
- USNM, CMNH, CUMV, MNHN, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- Iraq, Ethiopia, India, South Africa, Inde, AlgéRie
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Encyclopedic overview
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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.
These sandgrouse have small, pigeon-like heads and necks, but sturdy compact bodies. They have long pointed wings and sometimes tails. Their legs are feathered down to the toes, but unlike species of the genus Syrrhaptes the toes are not feathered.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pterocles” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.