The spotted sandgrouse is a species of ground-dwelling bird in the family Pteroclidae, found in arid regions of northern and eastern Africa and across the Middle East and parts of Asia as far east as northwest India. A gregarious, diurnal bird, it forages in small flocks for seed and other plant matter on the ground and flies once a day to a waterhole, and in the breeding season pairs nest apart from one another with eggs laid in a depression on stony ground; chicks leave the nest soon after hatching and are given water by the male, who saturates his belly feathers at the waterhole. It is listed as Least Concern by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
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Scientific Name Conservation Status Body Size Band Activity Pattern Classification
System (Realm) Living or Extinct Comparison
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Source Spotted sandgrouse (Wikidata)
In Biome
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Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Sources
1. EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014)
2. Spotted sandgrouse (Wikipedia)
Introduction
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.
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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.
In Biome: Desert, Distribution and habitat
It inhabits deserts and semi-arid countryside and is largely resident although there is some local movement of flocks.
View the Source3. Spotted sandgrouse (Wikidata)
Wikidata- Wikidata Q80832 (P225 taxon name)
Statements section, conservation status (P141)
IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): least concern.
- Child Taxon Of: Pterocliformes, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
View the Source 4. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Aves
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 32Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 32
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5. Ecological Society of America, Ecological Archives E095-178 (Wilman et al. 2014): EltonTraits 1.0 bird functional traits (BirdFuncDat)
Ecological Society of America, Ecological Archives E095-178 (Wilman et al. 2014)Row: pterocles senegallus
4004 Nonpasseriformes Pteroclidiformes Pteroclididae Sandgrouse 64 BL3 Pterocles senegallus Spotted Sandgrouse 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 PlantSeed Ref_4 A Carolina 0 0 70 30 0 0 0 0 Ref_4 1 Jessica 0 263.36 Dunning08 1
BirdFuncDat.txt row Pterocles senegallus, Nocturnal column
Pterocles senegallus Spotted Sandgrouse 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 PlantSeed Ref_4 A Carolina 0 0 70 30 0 0 0 0 Ref_4 1 Jessica 0
View the Source UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Pterocles
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 1746Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 1746
"active":true,"cites_listing":"NC"
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