Maps of the birds of the Western Palearctic Region

Sandgrouse

COLUMBIFORMES

Pteroclididae

Pterocles lichtensteinii
Acacia veld, arid scrub.
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-P. l. lichtensteinii
Locally in nc Africa mostly along the s edge of the Sahara from s Morocco and Mauritania e through Mali, Niger, c Chad, c,ne Sudan and se Egypt to Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti and Somalia, s through se Sudan to Uganda and c Kenya. Socotra Island.
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-P. l. arabicus
Sw Asia in sw,s,se Arabia, s Iran, s Afghanistan and Pakistan s to Baluchistan and Sind.
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Sometimes associated with P. indicus.
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               -Pterocles lichtensteinii
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              -Pterocles Gr. pteron (ala) + -kles (composizione)
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          -lichtensteinii Martin Hinrich Carl Lichtenstein (1780-1857)
           ornitologo tedesco, autore e raccoglitore di reperti
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Pterocles coronatus
Bleak deserts, sand dunes, lava flows.
N Africa in the Sahara e to Egypt incl. Sinai Pen., s to Mauritania, Niger, n Chad, w Sudan, Socotra I.; s Asia from Israel and Arabia e across s Iraq, Iran exc. nw and Afghanistan to w Pakistan.
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-- coronatus L. coronatus (coronato)

Pterocles senegallus
Bare desert, dry mud flats.
From Spanish Sahara, s Algeria and Morocco (exc. e) to Egypt incl. Sinai Pen., s to Mauritania, n Mali, n Niger, n Chad, n Sudan, c Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti and n Somalia; sw Asia from Arabia, Near East, s Iraq and s Iran
to Afghanistan.
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- maschio - male

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-senegallus, Senegal West Africa
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Pterocles lichtensteinii

Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse

Local unkommon

(sedentaria)

Pterocles coronatus

Crowned Sandgrouse

Locally common

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Pterocles senegallus

Spotted Sandgrouse

Locally common-

(nomadic)

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Pterocles exustus
Sparse bushy arid land. In s Mauritania, Senegambia, Mali, Burkina Faso, Togo, c,se Niger, Nigeria, Cameroon, C. Afr. Rep., Lake Chad area, Egypt in the Nile Valley and c,e Sudan to Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, Kenya and n Tanzania. Near East and coastal Arabia. S Asia in Pakistan and India s of the Himalayas exc. from Assam and Bangladesh e,s.
Intro. on Hawaii.
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- exustus L. exustus (color bruciato)
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riferito alla colorazione
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Pterocles orientalis
Arid stony areas, fields. Iberian Peninsula; e Canary Is.; n Africa from Morocco e to s Tunisia and nw Libya, possibly to Egypt; from Israel and Turkey incl. Cyprus e through Kasakhstan, Transcaspia, Turkestan, Iran and Afghanistan to w China and sw Pakistan.
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orientalis Lat. orientalis (dell'oriente)
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Pterocles alchata
Arid plains, bleak plateaus, dry mud flats. Locally in Portugal, Spain (exc. n), se coastal France, nw Africa from Morocco e to s Tunisia and nc Libya; sw Asia from se Turkey and Near East e to s Transcaucasus, Transcaspia, Aral Sea area, Turkestan, sw Iran and Iraq, possibly Pakistan.
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Syrrhaptes paradoxus
Arid sandy steppes with Artemisia absinthium. From the ne shore of the Caspian Sea e across Aral Sea area, Turkestan and Kazakhstan to sw Siberia, s Mongolia and n China, s to n Tibet and s China in Tsinghai. Breeds irregularly w to British Isles and w Europe.
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- maschio - male

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                  - Syrrhaptes Gr. surrhaptos (cucire assieme)
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                [ha sulla fronte delle punte fuse assieme con le piume
                dense e morbide]

- paradoxus Gr. paradoxos (inaspettato)