Bird families · Pterocliformes

Sandgrouse

Pteroclidae · 16 species

Sandgrouse (Pteroclidae) is a family of 16 bird species in the order Pterocliformes. They live mostly in grassland, desert, shrubland habitats. The smallest is the Namaqua Sandgrouse and the largest the Black-bellied Sandgrouse.

• Black-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles orientalis
• Black-faced Sandgrouse Pterocles decoratus
• Burchell's Sandgrouse Pterocles burchelli
• Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles exustus
• Crowned Sandgrouse Pterocles coronatus
• Double-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles bicinctus
• Four-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles quadricinctus
• Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse Pterocles lichtensteinii
• Madagascar Sandgrouse Pterocles personatus
• Namaqua Sandgrouse Pterocles namaqua
• Painted Sandgrouse Pterocles indicus
• Pallas's Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes paradoxus
• Pin-tailed Sandgrouse Pterocles alchata
• Spotted Sandgrouse Pterocles senegallus
• Tibetan Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes tibetanus
• Yellow-throated Sandgrouse Pterocles gutturalis