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,
  • indisk flyghöna,
  • 花彩沙雞,

Voice song and call

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

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