Sandgrouse (Pteroclidae)
Namaqua Sandgrouse (Pterocles namaqua) - HBW 4, p. 52
French: Ganga namaqua
German: Namaflughuhn
Spanish: Ganga Namaqua
Taxonomy: Tetrao Namaqua J. F. Gmelin, 1789, Hantams Berg, north of Calvinia, western Cape Province.
May be closely related to P. exustus. Birds from N part of range formerly separated as race ngami, those of S & SE as furva. Monotypic.
Distribution: SW Angola and Namibia E to SW Zimbabwe, and S through Botswana, W Transvaal and Orange Free State to S Cape Province.
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A pair standing on bare ground Locality Sossusvlei, Namib-Naukluft National Park, Namibia (Monotypic species)
Keith Blomerley 23 January 2007 5 years ago 23 sec 3.4 -
A male standing and walking on the ground Locality Sossusvlei, Namib-Naukluft National Park, Namibia (Monotypic species)
Keith Blomerley 23 January 2007 5 years ago 25 sec 3.3 -
A male walking Locality Etosha National Park, Kunene Region, Namibia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 15 July 1998 10 years ago 10 sec 3.2 -
A pair in rocky habitat Locality Etosha National Park, Kunene Region, Namibia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 15 July 1998 10 years ago 14 sec 3.1
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Male
Locality Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park (Kalahari Gemsbok NP), Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Roland Bischoff 6 September 2008 2 years ago 4.4 -
Two males in flight.
Locality Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park (Kalahari Gemsbok NP), Northern Cape Province, South Africa (Monotypic species)
Carmelo López 7 December 2010 2 years ago 4.3 -
A male walking on the sand.
Locality Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park (Kalahari Gemsbok NP), Northern Cape Province, South Africa (Monotypic species)
Carmelo López 4 December 2010 2 years ago 4.2 -
male & male Burchell's Sangrouse (Pterocles burchelli) on the left
Locality Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park (Kalahari Gemsbok NP), Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Roland Bischoff 6 September 2008 2 years ago 4.1 -
A female walking on the sand.
Locality Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park (Kalahari Gemsbok NP), Northern Cape Province, South Africa (Monotypic species)
Carmelo López 4 December 2010 2 years ago 4.1 -
Three birds at the roadside
Locality Namib-Naukluft National Park, Namibia
Aleix Comas 21 August 2007 3 years ago 3.8
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