Yellow-throated sandgrouse
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| Yellow-throated sandgrouse | |
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| Male at Serengeti National Park, Tanzania | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Pterocliformes |
| Family: | Pteroclidae |
| Genus: | Pterocles |
| Species: | P. gutturalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Pterocles gutturalis Smith, 1836
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The yellow-throated sandgrouse (Pterocles gutturalis) is a species of bird in the family Pteroclidae.
Range
[edit]It is found in Angola, Botswana, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Subspecies
[edit]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
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Illustration from Horsbrugh, Boyd (1912) -
Female at Masai Mara -
Male at Masai Mara -
Pair drinking water (Masai Mara)
References
[edit]- ^ 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
[edit]- Yellow-throated sandgrouse - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.
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