Yellow-throated sandgrouse

Yellow-throated sandgrouse
Male at Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
Scientific classification Edit this 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
  • Illustration from Horsbrugh, Boyd (1912)
    Illustration from Horsbrugh, Boyd (1912)
  • Female at Masai Mara
    Female at Masai Mara
  • Male at Masai Mara
    Male at Masai Mara
  • Pair drinking water (Masai Mara)
    Pair drinking water (Masai Mara)

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.


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