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Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse (Pterocles exustus)

Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse (Pterocles exustus)

Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse (Pterocles exustus) - Female


Class: Aves
Family: Pteroclidae
Common Name: Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse
Genus: Pterocles
Species Name: exustus

About The Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse

Pterocles exustus has a native range encompassing Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia, Mali, Niger, Chad, Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, the United Arab Emirates, Iran, Pakistan and India. The subspecies floweri, endemic to central Egypt, was last seen in 1979 and is probably extinct (del Hoyo et al. 1997).

Rights Holder: International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
Bibliographic Citation: BirdLife International 2012. Pterocles exustus. In: IUCN 2014 . IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1 . <www.iucnredlist.org>

Trips Where Observed

Kenya Solar Eclipse

Member Lifelists

Africa
World

Sites Where Observed

Location
Date
Notes
11/1/2013
Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse (Pterocles exustus) - Female

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