Black-bellied sandgrouse

Black-bellied sandgrouse
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Pterocliformes
Family: Pteroclidae
Genus: Pterocles
Species:
P. orientalis
Binomial name
Pterocles orientalis
Synonyms

Tetrao orientalis Linnaeus, 1758

Egg

The black-bellied sandgrouse (Pterocles orientalis) is a medium large bird in the sandgrouse family.

The nominate race breeds in Iberian Peninsula , Northwest Africa, the Canary Islands, Turkey, Iran, Cyprus and Israel. The eastern form P. o. arenarius (Pallas, 1775) is found in Kazakhstan, western China and northern Pakistan. It is a partial migrant, with central Asian birds moving to the Pakistan and northern India in winter.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Pterocles orientalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22693002A131876252. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22693002A131876252.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.