Sandgrouse (Pteroclidae)
Black-bellied Sandgrouse (Pterocles orientalis) - HBW 4, p. 52
French: Ganga unibande
German: Sandflughuhn
Spanish: Ganga Ortega
Other common names: Imperial/Oriental/Large Sandgrouse
Taxonomy: Tetrao orientalis Linnaeus, 1758, Anatolia, Turkey.
In past, occasionally included in genus Eremialector. Birds of Iberia and NW Africa formerly separated as race aragonica. Possible races enigmaticus, koslovae and bangsi now included in nominate. Two subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- orientalis (Linnaeus, 1758) - Iberian Peninsula, Canary Is (Fuerteventura, Lanzarote) and NW Africa from Morocco to NW Libya; also Cyprus, Israel, Anatolia and Armenia.
- arenarius (Pallas, 1775) - NW Kazakhstan E to NW China (NW Xinjiang), and S to Iran, Afghanistan and SW Pakistan (Baluchistan).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A pair walking to a pond for drinking Locality Codo, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain (ssp orientalis)
Miguel Ángel Bielsa 31 May 2004 5 years ago 58 sec 4.9 -
A pair drinking during the morning Locality Codo, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain (ssp orientalis)
Miguel Ángel Bielsa 30 June 2005 5 years ago 41 sec 4.5 -
A male on the ground, going to drink. Locality Muel, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain (ssp orientalis)
Jesús Laborda 1 July 2009 3 years ago 28 sec 4.3 -
Male and female drinking. Locality Segovia, Castile and Leon, Spain (ssp orientalis)
Luis Miguel Ruiz Gordón 31 weeks ago 27 sec 4.2 -
A male sitting on the ground. Locality Muel, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain (ssp orientalis)
Jesús Laborda 1 July 2009 3 years ago 36 sec 4.2 -
A male going to drink and flying away. Locality Muel, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain (ssp orientalis)
Jesús Laborda 18 June 2009 3 years ago 52 sec 4.2
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female and male
Locality Revivim, Negev Desert, Israel (ssp orientalis)
Lior Kislev 20 March 2006 1 year ago 4.3 -
very rare vagrant to the Golan heights
Locality Kibbutz Meitzar, Golan Heights, Israel
Lior Kislev 3 February 2013 11 weeks ago 4.2 -
A male on the ground.
Locality Muel, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain (ssp orientalis)
Jesús Laborda 14 June 2012 36 weeks ago 4.2 -
male of Black-bellied Sandgrouse
Locality Belchite, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain
Jesús Giraldo Gutiérrez d... 25 June 2010 38 weeks ago 4 -
A male drinking.
Locality Muel, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain (ssp orientalis)
Jesús Laborda 1 July 2010 2 years ago 3.8 -
A male on the ground.
Locality Muel, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain (ssp orientalis)
Jesús Laborda 1 July 2010 2 years ago 3.7
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