The spotted sandgrouse is a species of ground dwelling bird in the family Pteroclidae. It is found in arid regions of northern and eastern Africa and across the Middle East and parts of Asia as far east as northwest India. It is a gregarious, diurnal bird and small flocks forage for seed and other vegetable matter on the ground, flying once a day to a waterhole for water. In the breeding season pairs nest apart from one another, the eggs being laid in a depression on the stony ground. The chicks leave the nest soon after hatching and eat dry seed, the water they need being provided by the male which saturates its belly feathers with water at the waterhole. The spotted sandgrouse is listed as being of "least concern" by the International Union for Conservation of Nature in its Red List of Threatened Species. Source: Wikipedia
Citation:
(Linnaeus, C 1771)
Reference:
Mantissa Plant. Altera
Protonym:
Tetrao senegallus
Type locality:
Senegal, error, Algeria accepted as type locality by Hartert, Nov. Zool., 31, 1924, p. 7.
Link:
http://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/ing/Libro.php?Libro=947
Avibase ID:
942BC61855ED501E
Avibase ID:
avibase-942BC618
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/942BC618
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 177058
Geographic range:
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
African Bird Club Checklist 2004: Spotted Sandgrouse ( Pterocles senegallus) [version 1] |
African Bird Club Checklist August 2005: Spotted Sandgrouse ( Pterocles senegallus) [version 1] |
African Bird Club Checklist March 2007: Spotted Sandgrouse ( Pterocles senegallus) [version 1] |
African Bird Club Checklist January 2008: Spotted Sandgrouse ( Pterocles senegallus) [version 1] |
African Bird Club Checklist May 2009: Spotted Sandgrouse ( Pterocles senegallus) [version 1] |
African Bird Club Checklist March 2010: Spotted Sandgrouse ( Pterocles senegallus) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Spotted Sandgrouse ( Pterocles senegallus) [version 1] |
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Spotted Sandgrouse ( Pterocles senegallus) [version 1] |
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Spotted Sandgrouse ( Pterocles senegallus) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 00: Spotted Sandgrouse ( Pterocles senegallus) [version 1] |
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Birdlife checklist version 02: Spotted Sandgrouse ( Pterocles senegallus) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 03: Spotted Sandgrouse ( Pterocles senegallus) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 04: Spotted Sandgrouse ( Pterocles senegallus) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Spotted Sandgrouse ( Pterocles senegallus) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): Spotted Sandgrouse ( Pterocles senegallus) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Spotted Sandgrouse ( Pterocles senegallus) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Spotted Sandgrouse ( Pterocles senegallus) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Spotted Sandgrouse ( Pterocles senegallus) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Spotted Sandgrouse ( Pterocles senegallus) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Spotted Sandgrouse ( Pterocles senegallus) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Spotted Sandgrouse ( Pterocles senegallus) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Spotted Sandgrouse ( Pterocles senegallus) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Spotted Sandgrouse ( Pterocles senegallus) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Spotted Sandgrouse ( Pterocles senegallus) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Spotted Sandgrouse ( Pterocles senegallus) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Spotted Sandgrouse ( Pterocles senegallus) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Spotted Sandgrouse ( Pterocles senegallus) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Spotted Sandgrouse ( Pterocles senegallus) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Spotted Sandgrouse ( Pterocles senegallus) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Spotted Sandgrouse ( Pterocles senegallus) [version 1] |
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Ganga tacheté ( Pterocles senegallus) [version 1] |
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Ganga tacheté ( Pterocles senegallus) [version 1] |
Clements 1st edition: Spotted Sandgrouse ( Pterocles senegallus) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2021: Spotted Sandgrouse ( Pterocles senegallus) [version 1] |
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Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Spotted Sandgrouse ( Pterocles senegallus) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Spotted Sandgrouse ( Pterocles senegallus) [version 1] |
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Morony, Bock and Farrand: Spotted Sandgrouse ( Pterocles senegallus) [version 1] |
Oriental Bird Club: Spotted Sandgrouse ( Pterocles senegallus) [version 1] |
Peters' Check-list of the Birds: Pterocles senegallus [version 1] |
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Pterocles senegallus [version 1] |
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Pterocles senegallus [version 1] |
Sibley and Monroe (1993): Spotted Sandgrouse ( Pterocles senegallus) [version 1] |
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998): Spotted Sandgrouse ( Pterocles senegallus) [version 1] |
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0: Spotted Sandgrouse ( Pterocles senegallus) [version 1] |
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Pterocles senegallus [version 1] |
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Pterocles senegallus [version 1] |
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Species status: full species
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