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sandgrouse::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | sand grouse |
| Type of | columbiform bird |
| Has types | painted sandgrouse, pallas's sandgrouse, pin-tailed grouse, pin-tailed sandgrouse, pterocles alchata, pterocles indicus, syrrhaptes paradoxus |
Examples of sandgrouse
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Pheasant, partridges and grouse, including buttonquails, sandgrouse and allies.
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Nesting sandgrouse and many plovers carry water to their young by wetting their belly feathers.
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Sandgrouse are gregarious, feeding in flocks up to 100 birds.
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The sandgrouse are a family, Pteroclididae, of 16 bird species, the only living members of the order Pteroclidiformes.
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Sandgrouse are traditionally placed in two genera.
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Sandgrouse are principally seed eaters.
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This may sometimes reflect the local availability, but in other circumstances this reflects actual prey selection by the sandgrouse.
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Sandgrouse have little interactions with people, primarily because most species live in arid unpopulated areas and at low densities.
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Some desert birds depend on water sources and sandgrouse are particularly well known for their daily congregations at waterholes.
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- Pigeon-like bird of arid regions of the Old World having long pointed wings and tail and precocial downy young
- The sandgrouse are a family, Pteroclididae, of 16 bird species, the only living members of the order Pteroclidiformes. They are restricted to treeless open country in the Old World, such as plains and semi-deserts. ...
- Sandgrouse is the journal of the Ornithological Society of the Middle East. It is named after a family of birds which are particularly characteristic of desert regions such as those found in the Middle East. The first ten issues were edited by Donald Parr. ...
