Black-bellied sandgrouse
| Black-bellied sandgrouse | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Pterocliformes |
| Family: | Pteroclidae |
| Genus: | Pterocles |
| Species: | P. orientalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Pterocles orientalis | |
| Synonyms | |
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Tetrao orientalis Linnaeus, 1758 | |
The black-bellied sandgrouse (Pterocles orientalis) is a medium large bird in the sandgrouse family.
The nominate race breeds in Iberian Peninsula , Northwest Africa, the Canary Islands, Turkey, Iran, Cyprus and Israel. The eastern form P. o. arenarius (Pallas, 1775) is found in Kazakhstan, western China and northern Pakistan. It is a partial migrant, with central Asian birds moving to the Pakistan and northern India in winter.