| Madagascar sandgrouse | |
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| Illustration of male | |
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| female | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Pterocliformes |
| Family: | Pteroclidae |
| Genus: | Pterocles |
| Species: | P. personatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Pterocles personatus Gould, 1843
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The Madagascar sandgrouse (Pterocles personatus) is a species of bird in the family Pteroclidae. It is endemic to Madagascar and is a ground-dwelling short-legged plump bird. The head of the male is brown with a black area surrounding the beak. It has a pinkish-buff coloured breast, a light brown mottled back, brown wings and paler underparts barred with dark brown. The female has a generally duller appearance being cryptically coloured brown with dark specks and bars.
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Pterocles personatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22693009A93378476. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22693009A93378476.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.