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| - | [[Image:Chestnut-bellied_Sandgrouse.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Gashead<br />Dubai, United Arab Emirates.]] | + | [[Image:CB sandgrouse male.jpg|thumb|500px|right|Photo by {{user|Jugal+Tiwari|Jugal Tiwari}}<br />Banni, Kutch, Gujarat, [[India]], July, 2008]] |
| | ;[[:Category:Pterocles|Pterocles]] exustus | | ;[[:Category:Pterocles|Pterocles]] exustus |
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| | ==Identification== | | ==Identification== |
| - | Buffy beige, barred, elongated central tail feathers. | + | *Buffy beige |
| | + | *Barred, elongated central tail feathers |
| | ==Distribution== | | ==Distribution== |
| | Central and northern [[Africa]] and southern [[Asia]]. | | Central and northern [[Africa]] and southern [[Asia]]. |
| | + | [[Image:BRD 7560.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by {{user|atomicmak|atomicmak}}<br />Thol, Mehsana, Gujarat, [[India]], April 2009]] |
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| | + | Hawaii (Introduced) |
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| | ==Taxonomy== | | ==Taxonomy== |
| - | There are 6 subspecies. | + | ====Subspecies==== |
| | + | ''Pterocles exustus'' has six subspecies:<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup> |
| | + | *''P. e. exustus'' |
| | + | :*[[Mauritania]] and [[Senegambia]] and east to [[Sudan]] |
| | + | *''P. e. floweri'' |
| | + | :*Extinct ([[Egypt]]) |
| | + | *''P. e. ellioti'' |
| | + | :*South-eastern [[Sudan]] to [[Eritrea]], northern [[Ethiopia]] and [[Somalia]] |
| | + | *''P. e. olivascens'' |
| | + | :*Southern [[Ethiopia]] to [[Somalia]], [[Kenya]] and northern [[Tanzania]] |
| | + | *''P. e. erlangeri'' |
| | + | :*Western and southern [[Arabian Peninsula]] |
| | + | *''P. e. hindustan'' |
| | + | :*South-eastern [[Iran]] to [[Pakistan]] and [[India]] |
| | ==Habitat== | | ==Habitat== |
| | Arid, bushy areas, rocky open landscape. | | Arid, bushy areas, rocky open landscape. |
| | ==Behaviour== | | ==Behaviour== |
| | + | ====Diet==== |
| | The diet includes seeds, grasses, mustard leaves and herbs. They are heavily dependent on water. | | The diet includes seeds, grasses, mustard leaves and herbs. They are heavily dependent on water. |
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| | ==References== | | ==References== |
| - | Wikipedia | + | #{{Ref-Clements6thDec10}}#Wikipedia |
| | + | {{ref}} |
| | ==External Links== | | ==External Links== |
| | {{GSearch|Pterocles+exustus}} | | {{GSearch|Pterocles+exustus}} |
| | + | <br /> |
| | + | {{Video|Chestnut-bellied_Sandgrouse}} |
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| - | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Pterocles]] | + | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Pterocles]] [[Category:Videos]] |
The diet includes seeds, grasses, mustard leaves and herbs. They are heavily dependent on water.
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