Madagascar Sandgrouse

Pterocles personatus - Ganga masqué

Ganga masqué
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Pterocliformes

  • Family
    :

    Pteroclidés

  • Genus
    :

    Pterocles

  • Species
    :

    personatus

Descriptor

Gould, 1843

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 35 cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    : -
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Ganga masqué
♂ adult
Ganga masqué
♀ adult

Madagascar Sandgrouse (Pterocles personatus) is a species of bird in the Pteroclidae family.

Subspecific information monotypic species

Foreign names

  • Ganga masqué,
  • Ganga malgache,
  • cortiçol-de-madagáscar,
  • Madagaskarflughuhn,
  • álarcos pusztaityúk,
  • Madagaskarzandhoen,
  • Grandule del Madagascar,
  • madagaskarflyghöna,
  • Madagaskarsandhøne,
  • stepiar maskový,
  • stepokur madagaskarský,
  • Madagaskarsandhøne,
  • madagaskarinhietakyyhky,
  • ganga de Madagascar,
  • stepówka madagaskarska,
  • Мадагаскарский рябок,
  • マダガスカルサケイ,
  • 马岛沙鸡,
  • 馬達加斯加沙雞,

Voice song and cries

Ganga masqué
adult

Habitat

Ganga masqué
adult plum. breeding

Savanna : Dry ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls), Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha) ; Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks) :

Geographic range

Distribution

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

QRcode Ganga masqué
published: - Updated: 26-04-2006
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