Sandgrouse

Pin-tailed Sandgrouse

Pterocles alchata

The Pin-tailed Sandgrouse (Pterocles alchata) is a 276 g grassland bird that eats mostly seeds. Some populations migrate.

Family

Sandgrouse

Order

Pterocliformes

Weight

276 g

Habitat

Grassland

Diet

Plants and seeds

Migration

Partial migrant

Countries recorded

12

Recorded in Spain, France, United Arab Emirates, Israel, Morocco, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Turkey, Iran, Algeria, Tunisia, Portugal.

Where to see it: Joint Base Balad (Iraq); Palmyra · Ibis Protected Area (Syria); Taukum Desert · General Area (Kazakhstan); Dubai Pivot Fields (historical) (United Arab Emirates); Mosul Lake · dam outlet (Iraq).

Photo: (c) Yves Bas, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist