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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A pair preening
Spain, Jun 2007
Jesús Laborda
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4.8
A male drinkin...
Spain,
Luis Miguel Ruiz Gordón
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4.8
A female eatin...
Spain, Jun 2010
Jesús Laborda
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4.7
A female forag...
Spain, Jun 2007
Jesús Laborda
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4.7
Several birds ...
Spain, May 2004
Miguel Ángel Bielsa
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4.7
A male soaking...
Spain, May 2004
Miguel Ángel Bielsa
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4.5
Male of Pin-ta...
Spain, Jun 2010
Jesús Giraldo Gutiérrez d...
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4.5
A female drink...
Spain, Jul 2012
Jesús Laborda
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4.3
A male soaking...
Spain, Jul 2012
Jesús Laborda
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4.3
A male soaking...
Spain, Jul 2012
Jesús Laborda
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4.3
A female drink...
Spain, Jul 2012
Jesús Laborda
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4.3
A female drink...
Spain, Jul 2012
Jesús Laborda
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