Four-banded Sandgrouse - BirdForum Opus

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Photo by Steve G
Faraba, The Gambia, October 2008

Pterocles quadricinctus

Distribution

Sub-Saharan Africa.
Western Africa: Mauritania, Senegal, Mauritania, Senegambia, Senegal, The Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea.
Eastern Africa: Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Uganda

Photo by Steve G
Faraba, The Gambia, October 2008

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^[1].

Habitat

Savanna and thorn-scrub.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2013. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.8., with updates to August 2013. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Avibase

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Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2021) Four-banded Sandgrouse. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 14 May 2021 from https://www.birdforum.net/wiki/Four-banded_Sandgrouse

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