Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse

Pterocles lichtensteinii - Ganga de Lichtenstein

Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Pterocliformes

  • Family
    :

    Pteroclidés

  • Genus
    :

    Pterocles

  • Species
    :

    lichtensteinii

Descriptor

Temminck, 1825

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 26 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 48 à 52 cm.
  • Weight
    : 175 à 250 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Ganga de Lichtenstein
♂ adult
Ganga de Lichtenstein
♀ adult

Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse (Pterocles lichtensteinii) is a species of bird in the Pteroclidae family.

Subspecific information 5 subspecies

  • Pterocles lichtensteinii lichtensteinii (ne Chad, n Sudan to Eritrea and n Somalia, e and ne Egypt to Jordan)
  • Pterocles lichtensteinii targius (Morocco and Mauritania to Chad)
  • Pterocles lichtensteinii sukensis (se Sudan, s Ethiopia to c Kenya)
  • Pterocles lichtensteinii arabicus (s Arabian Pen. through s Iran and Afghanistan to Pakistan)
  • Pterocles lichtensteinii ingramsi (Hadhramaut. s Yemen.)

Foreign names

  • Ganga de Lichtenstein,
  • Ganga de Lichtenstein,
  • cortiçol-pedrês,
  • Wellenflughuhn,
  • csíkos pusztaityúk,
  • Lichtensteins Zandhoen,
  • Grandule di Lichtenstein,
  • strimmig flyghöna,
  • Stripesandhøne,
  • stepiar vlnkovaný,
  • stepokur pruhovaný,
  • Lichtensteins Sandhøne,
  • pitsihietakyyhky,
  • ganga de Lichtenstein,
  • Gáruspjátra,
  • stepówka prążkowana,
  • viļņotā smilšvistiņa,
  • grahasta stepska kokoška,
  • Рябок Лихтенштейна,
  • クロビタイサケイ,
  • 里氏沙鸡,
  • 橫斑沙雞,

Voice song and cries

Ganga de Lichtenstein
♂ adult

Habitat

Ganga de Lichtenstein
adult

Savanna : Dry ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha), Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha), Freshwater Springs and Oases ; Desert : Hot

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: 04-02-2007
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