Genus Pterocles

Pin-tailed Sandgrouse - The nominate race breeds in Iberia and southern France, and the eastern form P. a. caudacutus is found in northwest Africa, and from southeast Turkey east to Kazakhstan. It is a partial migrant, with some Asian birds moving to the Middle East and northern Pakistan in winter.

 

Burchell's Sandgrouse - It is found in Angola, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

 

Chestnut-bellied sandgrouse - In the 1960s many birds were captured using clap traps from Rajasthan in India and introduced into Nevada. They have also been introduced to Hawai'i.

 

Black-bellied Sandgrouse - The nominate race breeds in Iberia, northwest Africa, the Canary Islands, Turkey, Iran, Cyprus and Israel. The eastern form P. o. arenarius is found in Kazakhstan, western China and northern Pakistan. It is a partial migrant, with central Asian birds moving to the Pakistan and northern India in winter.

 

Four-banded Sandgrouse - It breeds in a belt across Africa from Mauritania and Cameroon east to Sudan and Uganda. It is much more common in the west of its range. It is a partial seasonal migrant, with some birds moving further north in the rainy season.

Order : Columbiformes
Family : Pteroclididae
Genus : Pterocles