Black-bellied Sandgrouse

Pterocles orientalis - Ganga unibande

Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Pterocliformes

  • Family
    :

    Pteroclidés

  • Genus
    :

    Pterocles

  • Species
    :

    orientalis

Descriptor

Linnaeus, 1758

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 39 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 70 à 73 cm.
  • Weight
    : 300 à 450 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Ganga unibande
♀ adult
Ganga unibande
♀ adult

Black-bellied Sandgrouse (Pterocles orientalis) is a species of bird in the Pteroclidae family.

Subspecific information 2 subspecies

  • Pterocles orientalis orientalis (Canary Is., Iberian Pen., Morocco to w Iran)
  • Pterocles orientalis arenarius (Kazakhstan to s Iran and Afghanistan, east to nw China)

Foreign names

  • Ganga unibande,
  • Ganga ortega,
  • cortiçol-de-barriga-preta,
  • Sandflughuhn,
  • feketehasú pusztaityúk,
  • Zwartbuikzandhoen,
  • Ganga,
  • svartbukig flyghöna,
  • Svartbuksandhøne,
  • stepiar čiernobruchý,
  • stepokur písečný,
  • Sortbuget Sandhøne,
  • hietakyyhky,
  • xurra,
  • Sandspjátra,
  • stepówka czarnobrzucha,
  • melnvēdera smilšvistiņa,
  • črna stepska kokoška,
  • Чернобрюхий рябок,
  • クロハラサケイ,
  • 黑腹沙鸡,
  • 黑腹沙雞,

Voice song and cries

Ganga unibande
♂ adult

Habitat

Ganga unibande
♂ adult

Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Mediterranean-type Shrubby Vegetation ; Grassland : Temperate ; Desert : Hot ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

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published: - Updated: 05-06-2005
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