Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Sandgrouse :: Black-bellied Sandgrouse
Black-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles orientalis
Described by: Linnaeus (1758)
Alternate common name(s): Imperial Sandgrouse
Old scientific name(s): Eremialector orientialis
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Range
Sw. Europe and nw. Africa e. to wc. Asia;
(1) Canary Is. (Fuerteventura, Lanzarote), w. Mediterranean Basin (Portugal, Spain in the Spanish Zamora in the Duero River Basin and Extremadura Province in the Tajo River Basin and Morocco).
(2) N. Africa (Morocco, Algeria, s. Tunisia to nw. Libya and possibly Egypt, Turkey, Cyprus, Israel and the Middle East (Konya Basin, Turkey and Harrat al-Harrah Reserve, Saudi Arabia) e. Anatolia and Armenia. E. Canary Is.
(3) Transcaspia in nw. Kazakhstan e. in Turkestan to nw. China (nw. Xinjiang) and s. to Iran, Afghanistan and sw. Pakistan (Baluchistan).
Winters e. to w. India (Sind).
Videos
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Sounds
Location unknown - Date unknown Source: ETI BioInformatics
References
Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.
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