Sandgrouse

Pallas's Sandgrouse

Syrrhaptes paradoxus

The Pallas's Sandgrouse (Syrrhaptes paradoxus) is a 256 g grassland bird that eats mostly seeds. Some populations migrate.

Family

Sandgrouse

Order

Pterocliformes

Weight

256 g

Habitat

Grassland

Diet

Plants and seeds

Migration

Partial migrant

Countries recorded

19

Photo: (c) Dmitry Ivanov, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist