Painted Sandgrouse

Pterocles indicus - Ganga indien

Ganga indien
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Pterocliformes

  • Family
    :

    Pteroclidés

  • Genus
    :

    Pterocles

  • Species
    :

    indicus

Descriptor

Gmelin, JF, 1789

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 28 cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    : 166 à 208 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Ganga indien
♂ adult
Ganga indien
♀ adult

Painted Sandgrouse (Pterocles indicus) is a species of bird in the Pteroclidae family.

Subspecific information monotypic species

Foreign names

  • Ganga indien,
  • Ganga india,
  • cortiçol-indiano,
  • Bindenflughuhn,
  • indiai pusztaityúk,
  • Indisch Zandhoen,
  • Grandule pittata,
  • indisk flyghöna,
  • Indiasandhøne,
  • stepiar ozdobný,
  • stepokur indický,
  • Indisk Sandhøne,
  • intianhietakyyhky,
  • ganga de l'Índia,
  • stepówka indyjska,
  • Полосатый рябок,
  • サザナミサケイ,
  • 彩沙鸡,
  • 花彩沙雞,

Voice song and cries

Ganga indien
♂ adult

Habitat

Ganga indien
♂ adult

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Savanna : Dry ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; 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 indien
published: - Updated: 02-10-2005
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