Sandgrouse (Pteroclidae)
Black-faced Sandgrouse (Pterocles decoratus) - HBW 4, p. 55
French: Ganga à face noire
German: Schmuckflughuhn
Spanish: Ganga Decorada
Other common names: Bridled/Masked Sandgrouse
Taxonomy: Pterocles decoratus Cabanis, 1868, Lake Jipe, Kenya-Tanzania border.
In past, sometimes included in genus Eremialector. Birds of N Tanzania formerly awarded separate race, katharinae. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- ellenbecki Erlanger, 1905 - NE Uganda and N Kenya E to S Ethiopia and S Somalia; also occurs in E Ethiopia.
- decoratus Cabanis, 1868 - SE Kenya and E Tanzania.
- loveridgei (Friedmann, 1928) - W Kenya and W Tanzania.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A male and two females in a dry embankment. Locality Imi, Ethiopia (ssp ellenbecki)
Josep del Hoyo 5 December 2005 6 years ago 39 sec 4.3 -
A male on the ground Locality Tsavo East National Park, Kenya (ssp ellenbecki)
Chris and Megan Perkins 31 March 2006 4 years ago 21 sec 4.1 -
A close-up of a male Locality Samburu-Buffalo Springs National Reserves, Kenya (ssp ellenbecki)
Brooke Clibbon 21 December 2002 6 years ago 22 sec 4 -
A pair on the ground, the male alert, the female feeding Locality Samburu-Buffalo Springs National Reserves, Kenya (ssp ellenbecki)
Brooke Clibbon 21 December 2002 6 years ago 18 sec 3.7 -
A male scratching its head, with a Go-Away Bird calling in the background Locality Samburu-Buffalo Springs National Reserves, Kenya (ssp ellenbecki)
Brooke Clibbon 21 December 2002 6 years ago 24 sec 3.7
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Portrait of a male
Locality Tsavo East National Park, Kenya
Marco Valentini 5 February 2012 13 weeks ago 4 -
A Male on the track in front of the truck!
Locality Tarangire National Park, Tanzania
Stan Mansfield 6 April 2011 1 year ago 4 -
adult male
Locality Tsavo East National Park, Kenya
Marco Valentini 5 January 2012 13 weeks ago 3.9 -
Adult female
Locality Tsavo East National Park, Kenya
Marco Valentini 5 February 2012 13 weeks ago 3.9 -
Sandgrouse looking for food
Locality Tarangire National Park, Tanzania
Hans-Juergen Kuehnel 3 January 2012 8 weeks ago 3.6 -
Female on ground
Locality Lake Manyara National Park, Tanzania
Jason Anderson 14 November 2010 1 year ago 3.3
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