The pin-tailed sandgrouse is a medium large bird in the sandgrouse family. It has a small, pigeon like head and neck and a sturdy, compact body. It has long pointed wings, which are white underneath, a long tail and a fast direct flight. Flocks fly to watering holes at dawn. The call is a loud kattar-kattar. This gregarious species breeds on dry open treeless plains and similar habitats. Its nest is a ground scrape into which two or three cream-coloured eggs with cryptic markings are laid. Both sexes incubate the eggs. Source: Wikipedia
Citation:
(Linnaeus, C 1766)
Reference:
Systema Naturae ed. 12, vol. 1, part 1
Protonym:
Tetrao Alchata
Type locality:
'Monspelii, in Pyrenaeis, Sjnria, Arabia' = southwestern Europe, from the first revisor, Bogdanow, Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. St. Petersb., 27, 1881, col. 165-167.
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/137337#page/280/mode/1up
Avibase ID:
493C4CF8D0200AB4
Avibase ID:
avibase-493C4CF8
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/493C4CF8
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 177045
Geographic range:
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
African Bird Club Checklist 2004: Pin-tailed Sandgrouse ( Pterocles alchata) [version 1] |
African Bird Club Checklist August 2005: Pin-tailed Sandgrouse ( Pterocles alchata) [version 1] |
African Bird Club Checklist March 2007: Pin-tailed Sandgrouse ( Pterocles alchata) [version 1] |
African Bird Club Checklist January 2008: Pin-tailed Sandgrouse ( Pterocles alchata) [version 1] |
African Bird Club Checklist May 2009: Pin-tailed Sandgrouse ( Pterocles alchata) [version 1] |
African Bird Club Checklist March 2010: Pin-tailed Sandgrouse ( Pterocles alchata) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Pin-tailed Sandgrouse ( Pterocles alchata) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Pin-tailed Sandgrouse ( Pterocles alchata) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Pin-tailed Sandgrouse ( Pterocles alchata) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Pin-tailed Sandgrouse ( Pterocles alchata) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Pin-tailed Sandgrouse ( Pterocles alchata) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Pin-tailed Sandgrouse ( Pterocles alchata) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Pin-tailed Sandgrouse ( Pterocles alchata) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Pin-tailed Sandgrouse ( Pterocles alchata) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Pin-tailed Sandgrouse ( Pterocles alchata) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Pin-tailed Sandgrouse ( Pterocles alchata) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Pin-tailed Sandgrouse ( Pterocles alchata) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 00: Pin-tailed Sandgrouse ( Pterocles alchata) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 01: Pin-tailed Sandgrouse ( Pterocles alchata) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 02: Pin-tailed Sandgrouse ( Pterocles alchata) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 03: Pin-tailed Sandgrouse ( Pterocles alchata) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 04: Pin-tailed Sandgrouse ( Pterocles alchata) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Pin-tailed Sandgrouse ( Pterocles alchata) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): Pin-tailed Sandgrouse ( Pterocles alchata) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Pin-tailed Sandgrouse ( Pterocles alchata) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Pin-tailed Sandgrouse ( Pterocles alchata) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Pin-tailed Sandgrouse ( Pterocles alchata) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Pin-tailed Sandgrouse ( Pterocles alchata) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Pin-tailed Sandgrouse ( Pterocles alchata) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Pin-tailed Sandgrouse ( Pterocles alchata) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Pin-tailed Sandgrouse ( Pterocles alchata) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Pin-tailed Sandgrouse ( Pterocles alchata) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Pin-tailed Sandgrouse ( Pterocles alchata) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Pin-tailed Sandgrouse ( Pterocles alchata) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Pin-tailed Sandgrouse ( Pterocles alchata) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Pin-tailed Sandgrouse ( Pterocles alchata) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Pin-tailed Sandgrouse ( Pterocles alchata) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Pin-tailed Sandgrouse ( Pterocles alchata) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Pin-tailed Sandgrouse ( Pterocles alchata) [version 1] |
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Ganga cata ( Pterocles alchata) [version 1] |
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Ganga cata ( Pterocles alchata) [version 1] |
Clements 1st edition: Pin-tailed Sandgrouse ( Pterocles alchata) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2021: Pin-tailed Sandgrouse ( Pterocles alchata) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2022: Pin-tailed Sandgrouse ( Pterocles alchata) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2023: Pin-tailed Sandgrouse ( Pterocles alchata) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2024: Pin-tailed Sandgrouse ( Pterocles alchata) [version 1] |
Clements 3rd edition: Pin-tailed Sandgrouse ( Pterocles alchata) [version 1] |
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): Pin-tailed Sandgrouse ( Pterocles alchata) [version 1] |
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions): Pin-tailed Sandgrouse ( Pterocles alchata) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions): Pin-tailed Sandgrouse ( Pterocles alchata) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): Pin-tailed Sandgrouse ( Pterocles alchata) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): Pin-tailed Sandgrouse ( Pterocles alchata) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition: Pin-tailed Sandgrouse ( Pterocles alchata) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): Pin-tailed Sandgrouse ( Pterocles alchata) [version 1] |
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Clements, version 2018: Pin-tailed Sandgrouse ( Pterocles alchata) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2019: Pin-tailed Sandgrouse ( Pterocles alchata) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.50: Pin-tailed Sandgrouse ( Pterocles alchata) [version 1] |
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eBird version 2023: Pin-tailed Sandgrouse ( Pterocles alchata) [version 1] |
eBird version 2024: Pin-tailed Sandgrouse ( Pterocles alchata) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Pintailed Sandgrouse ( Pterocles alchata) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl): Pintailed Sandgrouse ( Pterocles alchata) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Pin-tailed Sandgrouse ( Pterocles alchata) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Pin-tailed Sandgrouse ( Pterocles alchata) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Pin-tailed Sandgrouse ( Pterocles alchata) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): Pin-tailed Sandgrouse ( Pterocles alchata) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): Pin-tailed Sandgrouse ( Pterocles alchata) [version 1] |
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Pin-tailed Sandgrouse ( Pterocles alchata) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Pin-tailed Sandgrouse ( Pterocles alchata) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Pin-tailed Sandgrouse ( Pterocles alchata) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Pin-tailed Sandgrouse ( Pterocles alchata) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Pin-tailed Sandgrouse ( Pterocles alchata) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Pin-tailed Sandgrouse ( Pterocles alchata) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Pin-tailed Sandgrouse ( Pterocles alchata) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Pin-tailed Sandgrouse ( Pterocles alchata) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: Pin-tailed Sandgrouse ( Pterocles alchata) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1: Pin-tailed Sandgrouse ( Pterocles alchata) [version 1] |
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Morony, Bock and Farrand: Pin-tailed Sandgrouse ( Pterocles alchata) [version 1] |
Oriental Bird Club: Pin-tailed Sandgrouse ( Pterocles alchata) [version 1] |
Peters' Check-list of the Birds: Pterocles alchata [version 1] |
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Pterocles alchata [version 1] |
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Pterocles alchata [version 1] |
Sibley and Monroe (1993): Pin-tailed Sandgrouse ( Pterocles alchata) [version 1] |
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998): Pin-tailed Sandgrouse ( Pterocles alchata) [version 1] |
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0: Pin-tailed Sandgrouse ( Pterocles alchata) [version 1] |
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Pterocles alchata [version 1] |
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Pterocles alchata [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species
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