Avibase: Pterocles quadricinctus (Four-banded Sandgrouse)

Four-banded Sandgrouse

Pterocles quadricinctus Temminck, CJ 1815

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Partial list of sound recordings available from xeno-canto & macaulaylibrary.org.

Species name	Recordist	Date	Location	Remarks	Cat.nr.
Four-banded Sandgrouse - Pterocles quadricinctus	Brendan Sloan	2021-11-01	Mole National Park, Ghana (Ghana) (150 masl app m)	flight call - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	690867 xeno-canto.org
Four-banded Sandgrouse - Pterocles quadricinctus	Andrew Spencer	2014-12-14	Gambela, trail from the Metu road to the Baro River, Gambela Peoples (Ethiopia) (460 m)	call - calls from a male bird flushing at close range, in dense weedy growth at the edge of a large pasture and secondary forest. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	266883 xeno-canto.org
Four-banded Sandgrouse - Pterocles quadricinctus	Bram Piot	2019-05-14	Le Firdou, Kolda, Kolda Region, Kolda (Senegal) (10 m)	call - Two birds calling after landing by the Casamance river, at dusk. Call at end of recording is probably also one of these birds. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	474382 xeno-canto.org
Four-banded Sandgrouse - Pterocles quadricinctus	András Schmidt	2001-01-28	Larabanga, West Gonja, Northern Region, West Gonja (Ghana) (170 m)	call - No modification. By the village pond, but no exact location.	857224 xeno-canto.org
Four-banded Sandgrouse - Pterocles quadricinctus	Étienne Leroy	2017-10-19	Bale, Boucle du Mouhoun Region, Balé (Burkina Faso) (240 m)	flight call - Two birds flushing away due to disturbance. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	390546 xeno-canto.org
Four-banded Sandgrouse - Pterocles quadricinctus	András Schmidt	2001-01-28	Larabanga, West Gonja, Northern Region, West Gonja (Ghana) (170 m)	alarm call - No modification. By the village pond, but no exact location. Birds taking off, probably alarmed at something.	857231 xeno-canto.org
Four-banded Sandgrouse - Pterocles quadricinctus	Fernand Deroussen	2007-02-03	Kaffrine, Kaffrine (Senegal) (10 m)	call, flight call - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	164457 xeno-canto.org
Four-banded Sandgrouse - Pterocles quadricinctus	Albert Vrielink	2023-11-22	Wassu quarry, Kuntaur, Niani (Gambia) (0 m)	song - High Pass filter used.	857077 xeno-canto.org
Four-banded Sandgrouse - Pterocles quadricinctus	Andrew Spencer	2015-01-12	Gibe Gorge, Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples (Ethiopia) (1600 m)	call - calls from a bird flushing at very close range in dense weedy growth at the margin of an agricultural field and disturbed thornscrub. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	277092 xeno-canto.org
Four-banded Sandgrouse - Pterocles quadricinctus	Andrew Spencer	2014-12-14	Gambela--Metu Road track, Gambela Peoples, Ethiopia, Gambela Peoples (Ethiopia)	- calls from a male bird flushing at close range, in dense weedy growth at the edge of a large pasture and secondary forest.	323828571 macaulaylibrary.org
Four-banded Sandgrouse - Pterocles quadricinctus	András Schmidt	2001-01-28	Larabanga, West Gonja, Northern Region, West Gonja (Ghana) (170 m)	call - No modification. By the village pond, but no exact location. I am not sure if the second churring call at 8-9 seconds is also the Sandgrouse or something else.	857228 xeno-canto.org
Four-banded Sandgrouse - Pterocles quadricinctus	Hervé JACOB	2010-02-06	, Central River (Gambia)	-	204022371 macaulaylibrary.org
Four-banded Sandgrouse - Pterocles quadricinctus	Julien Birard	2024-02-17	Machtour, Zakouma, Salamat, Barh Azoum (Chad) (420 m)	call, flight call - [sono]	960658 xeno-canto.org
Four-banded Sandgrouse - Pterocles quadricinctus	Peter Boesman	2022-03-14	Tono Dam, Upper East, Builsa (Ghana)	flight call - Call in flight	719459 xeno-canto.org
Four-banded Sandgrouse - Pterocles quadricinctus	Julien Birard	2024-02-01	Machtour, Zakouma, Salamat, Barh Azoum (Chad) (420 m)	flight call - [sono]	960753 xeno-canto.org
Four-banded Sandgrouse - Pterocles quadricinctus	Julien Birard	2024-02-17	, Salamat (Chad)	-	628978418 macaulaylibrary.org
Four-banded Sandgrouse - Pterocles quadricinctus	Fernand Deroussen	2007-02-03	Kaffrine, Kaffrine (Senegal) (10 m)	flight call, song - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	164456 xeno-canto.org
Four-banded Sandgrouse - Pterocles quadricinctus	Jay McGowan	2018-12-24	Santiou Bera--marsh, Fatick, Senegal, Fatick (Senegal)	- Song and calls from many individuals. Small groups flying around and flushing giving liquid calls, many three-note songs from unseen individuals, a few other vocalization types mixed in.	143013901 macaulaylibrary.org
Four-banded Sandgrouse - Pterocles quadricinctus	Alain Malengreau	2023-12-14	Kataba1 (near Diannah), Bignona, Région de Ziguinchor, Ziguinchor (Senegal) (10 m)	call - Two birds calling before the flight. Ocean in background.+12dB	862616 xeno-canto.org
Four-banded Sandgrouse - Pterocles quadricinctus	Nathan Pieplow	2018-12-24	, Fatick (Senegal)	-	618534614 macaulaylibrary.org
Four-banded Sandgrouse - Pterocles quadricinctus	Erik Ostrander	2023-12-13	, Central River (Gambia)	-	631114517 macaulaylibrary.org
Four-banded Sandgrouse - Pterocles quadricinctus	András Schmidt	2001-01-28	Larabanga, West Gonja, Northern Region, West Gonja (Ghana) (170 m)	flight call - No modification. By the village pond, but no exact location.	857220 xeno-canto.org
Four-banded Sandgrouse - Pterocles quadricinctus	Giovanni Boano	2012-12-10	Folonzo, Foret Classé Comoe-Leraba, Cascades, Komoé (Burkina Faso) (280 m)	call - At dusk, at a little pond near the village of Folonzo bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	115213 xeno-canto.org
Four-banded Sandgrouse - Pterocles quadricinctus	Eric francois Roualet	2016-01-26	, Central River (Gambia)	-	203954731 macaulaylibrary.org

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