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Spotted sandgrouse

Birds

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. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Classification
Diet
Herbivore 1
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 2
Living or Extinct
Yes 3
Scientific Name
Pterocles senegallus 3
Conservation Status
Least Concern 2
Comparison
CITES Appendix
Not Listed 4
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Pterocliformes, Taxa
Source Spotted sandgrouse (Wikidata)

In Biome

Desert, Biomes
Source Spotted sandgrouse (Wikipedia)
In the Other Atlases

Found In

Africa

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Norway

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

South Asia

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.
  • lead paragraph (habitat realm), EntityId 373812
    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.
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3. 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
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4. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Aves
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 32
Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 32
"cites_listing":"I/II/III/NC","eu_listing":"A/B/C/D/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Animalia","phylum":"Chordata","class":"Aves","order":null,"family":null},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[{"name":"Aves","language":"ES"},{"name":"Birds","language":"EN"},{"name":"Oiseaux","language":"FR"},{"name":"鸟纲","language":"ZH"}],"cites_listings":[]
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UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Pterocles
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 1746
Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 1746
"active":true,"cites_listing":"NC"
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