Sandgrouse (Pteroclidae)
Pin-tailed Sandgrouse (Pterocles alchata) - HBW 4, p. 51
French: Ganga cata
German: Spießflughuhn
Spanish: Ganga Ibérica
Other common names: White-bellied/Large Pin-tailed Sandgrouse
Taxonomy: Tetrao Alchata Linnaeus, 1766, Spain.
Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- alchata (Linnaeus, 1766) - Iberian Peninsula and SE France.
- caudacutus (S. G. Gmelin, 1774) - NW Africa, from Morocco E to N Libya; SE Turkey and Middle East through Iraq and Iran E to Uzbekistan and S Kazakhstan.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Five Pterocles alchata ad two Pterocles orientlis drinking in a livestock pool Locality Bujaraloz, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain
Enrique Pelayo 3 September 2012 35 weeks ago 59 sec 3.3 -
Two birds walking on the ground and feeding Locality Doñana National Park, Andalucia, Spain (ssp alchata)
Juan Sanabria 31 May 2006 5 years ago 28 sec 3 -
A group of birds on the ground in a misty dawn. Locality Bujaraloz, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain (ssp alchata)
Jesús Laborda 7 December 2008 4 years ago 45 sec 2.8 -
A female foraging on a field Locality Doñana National Park, Andalucia, Spain (ssp alchata)
Juan Sanabria 31 May 2006 5 years ago 34 sec 2.6 -
A group feeding on a harvested field Locality Doñana National Park, Andalucia, Spain (ssp alchata)
Juan Sanabria 31 May 2006 5 years ago 24 sec 2.3
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A female on the ground.
Locality Épila, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain (ssp alchata)
Jesús Laborda 9 July 2010 2 years ago 3.4 -
Adult female flying.
Locality Kendirli (Fetisovo) village, Mangystau Province, Kazakhstan (ssp caudacutus)
Christophe Gouraud 15 June 2012 36 weeks ago 3.3 -
Adult male flying.
Locality Kendirli (Fetisovo) village, Mangystau Province, Kazakhstan (ssp caudacutus)
Christophe Gouraud 15 June 2012 36 weeks ago 3.2 -
A male resting.
Locality London Zoo, London, England, Great Britain
Josep del Hoyo 2 May 1991 20 weeks ago 3 -
A bird on the ground
Locality Dresden Zoo, Dresden, Saxony, Germany
Johannes Pfleiderer 1 March 2009 3 years ago 3
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