Sandgrouse (Pteroclidae)
Double-banded Sandgrouse (Pterocles bicinctus) - HBW 4, p. 56
French: Ganga bibande
German: Nachtflughuhn
Spanish: Ganga Bicinta
Taxonomy: Pterocles bicinctus Temminck, 1815, Great Fish River, south-eastern Namibia.
In past, sometimes included in genus Eremialector. Formerly considered conspecific with P. lichtensteinii and P. indicus; also closely related to P. quadricinctus. Birds from N Namibia and N Botswana were separated as race chobiensis, those of N Zimbabwe and Mozambique as race usheri, and those of W Namibia as elizabethae. Three subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- ansorgei Benson, 1947 - SW Angola.
- bicinctus Temminck, 1815 - Namibia, Botswana, NW Cape Province (South Africa).
- multicolor Hartert, 1908 - S and E Zambia, S Malawi and W Mozambique, S to Transvaal.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Several females and then a juvenile male on the ground Locality Brandberg Mountain, Erongo Region, Namibia (ssp bicinctus)
Jean Michel Erard 31 July 2003 6 years ago 14 sec 3.5 -
A male and then a pair on the ground Locality Brandberg Mountain, Erongo Region, Namibia (ssp bicinctus)
Jean Michel Erard 31 July 2003 6 years ago 32 sec 3.1 -
A group drinking Locality Etosha National Park, Kunene Region, Namibia (ssp bicinctus)
Christian Boix Hinzen 28 February 2003 7 years ago 29 sec 2.6
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Female on the ground.
Locality Kruger National Park, South Africa (ssp multicolor)
Fran Trabalon 29 October 2008 46 weeks ago 4.4 -
Male of Pterocles bicinctus near Shingwedzi (KNP in South Africa)
Locality Kruger National Park, South Africa
Ghislain Gosse 18 September 2004 3 years ago 3.8 -
Double-banded Sandgrouse (Pterocles bicinctus)near Mopani Camp, Kruger National Park
Locality South Africa
LHarding 5 November 2008 3 years ago 3.8 -
male
Locality Etosha National Park, Kunene Region, Namibia
Roland Bischoff 14 September 2001 1 year ago 3.7 -
A close shot of the male Double-banded Sandgrouse.
Locality Cheetah Conservation Fund, Otjiwarongo, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
James Slade 15 May 2010 1 year ago 3.3 -
female forgot something in a previous life
Locality Hwange National Park, Matabeleland North Province, Zimbabwe
suong le 23 July 2011 7 weeks ago 3
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Many calling at Okakuejo Waterhole. Etosha NP. 5:43am. Locality Etosha National Park, Kunene Region, Namibia
(ssp bicinctus)
Charles Hesse 16 November 2009 2 years ago 3
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