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Revision as of 21:09, 5 April 2016
- Pterocles exustus
Identification
- Buffy beige
- Barred, elongated central tail feathers
Distribution
Central and northern Africa and southern Asia.
Introduced on the Island of Hawaii, and persistent in the thoroughly ranched area between the town of Waimea, the west slope of Mauna Kea and Hualalai.
Taxonomy
Subspecies
Pterocles exustus has six subspecies:[1]
- P. e. exustus
- Mauritania and Senegambia and east to Sudan
- P. e. floweri
- Egypt - thought extinct but recently rediscovered
- P. e. ellioti
- P. e. olivascens
- P. e. erlangeri
- Western and southern Arabian Peninsula
- P. e. hindustan
Habitat
Arid, bushy areas, rocky open landscape.
Behaviour
Diet
The diet includes seeds, grasses, mustard leaves and herbs. They are heavily dependent on water.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2015. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2015, with updates to August 2015. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Wikipedia
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 17 June 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Chestnut-bellied_Sandgrouse
External Links
