- Pterocles burchelli
Identification
25 cm (9¾ in); Males larger than females
- Reddish overall plumage with many white spots
- Pointed central rectrices on short tail
Distribution
Dry interior of southern Africa; Botswana, Namibia, south western Angola, western Zimbabwe and north-western South Africa.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
Kalahari sands (shrubby grassland and scrub) and dry savanna.
Behaviour
Diet
Their main diet consists of seeds.
They drink in the mornings, up to 4 hours after sunrise.
Breeding
They breed during the winter after the rains. The nest is a shallow scrape in short grass or amongst scrub.
Referebces
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved July 2018)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Burchell's Sandgrouse. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 21 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Burchell%27s_Sandgrouse
External Links
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