Yellow-throated sandgrouse
Species of bird
Yellow-throated sandgrouse | |
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Male at Serengeti National Park, Tanzania | |
Conservation status | |
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Pterocliformes |
Family: | Pteroclidae |
Genus: | Pterocles |
Species: | P. gutturalis |
Binomial name | |
Pterocles gutturalis Smith, 1836 |
The yellow-throated sandgrouse (Pterocles gutturalis) is a species of bird in the family Pteroclidae.
Range
It is found in Angola, Botswana, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Subspecies
There are two accepted subspecies:[2]
- P. g. subsp. saturatior E.J.O.Hartert, 1900 – Ethiopia to northern Zambia
- P. g. subsp. gutturalis A. Smith, 1836 – southern Zambia and Angola to northern South Africa
Gallery
- Illustration from Horsbrugh, Boyd (1912)
- Female at Masai Mara
- Male at Masai Mara
- Pair drinking water (Masai Mara)
References
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Pterocles gutturalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22692998A93377901. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22692998A93377901.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ de Juana, E.; Boesman, P. "Yellow-throated Sandgrouse (Pterocles gutturalis)". Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
External links
- Yellow-throated sandgrouse - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.
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- Sandgrouse
- order: Pterocliformes
- family: Pteroclidae
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