The pin-tailed sandgrouse (Pterocles alchata) is common on the adjacent plains and visits the river in large numbers to drink. From Wordnik.com. [Middle East steppe] Reference
A pair of sandgrouse fell to her sling and were roasted on a spit; some pigeon eggs that would never hatch were lightly cracked and put directly in the fire in their shells. From Wordnik.com. [The Plains of Passage]
He looked up, shading his eyes with his hand, and recognized them as 11chtenstein7s sandgrouse, desert birds, like brown pigeons that flocked to water every morning and evening. From Wordnik.com. [The Key to Rebecca]
Other characteristic avifauna are the houbara bustard (Chlamydotis undulata), Lichensteins sandgrouse (Pterocles lichtensteinii), and chestnut-bellied sandgrouse (Pterocles exustus). From Wordnik.com. [Red Sea Nubo-Sindian tropical desert and semi-desert] Reference
A few green and bronze bee-eaters hovered almost like hawks over the sand-dunes, and a cloud of sandgrouse were swinging and swerving across the open ground that divided Highlander from Turk. From Wordnik.com. [With a Highland Regiment in Mesopotamia 1916—1917] Reference
In April the division moved forward, and the brigade again marched past the Babi Bend, northward of Mushaidie to Beled Station, where we had a few days 'halt and some of us shot a number of sandgrouse. From Wordnik.com. [With a Highland Regiment in Mesopotamia 1916—1917] Reference
In addition, over 150 species of birds have been recorded in some areas, including the houbara bustard (Chlamydotus undulataa), the coronated sandgrouse (Pterocles coronatus) and other notable species. From Wordnik.com. [Central Persian desert basins] Reference
Most usually considered close to either gamebirds or cuckoos (in fact, when first described in 1776 the hoatzin was classified as a species of Phasianus), hoatzins have also been allied over the years with turacos, rails, hornbills, sandgrouse and pigeons. From Wordnik.com. [Goodbye, my giant predatory, cursorial, flightless hoatzin] Reference
Finally, there might be a hitherto overlooked metavian clade at the base of Neoaves: it includes such strange bedfellows as nightjars and other nightbirds, swifts and hummingbirds, kagus, pigeons, sandgrouse, flamingos and grebes, mesites, hoatzins and tropicbirds. From Wordnik.com. [Goodbye, my giant predatory, cursorial, flightless hoatzin] Reference
Different gruiforms were found to belong to both groups; mesites, kagus and sunbitterns were metavians close to owlet nightjars, grebes and sandgrouse; seriemas and bustards were coronavians without close relatives; while the gruiform core was part of a coronavian clade that included divers, cuckoos, turacos, tubenosed seabirds, storks, herons, penguins and pelicans. From Wordnik.com. [Goodbye, my giant predatory, cursorial, flightless hoatzin] Reference
After flowing a few yards it ends in a shallow pool, surrounded by palms and paved with mud, which attracts flights of snipes, sandpipers, and sandgrouse. From Wordnik.com. [The Land of Midian — Volume 2] Reference
Argentina Spot Quilmes Copa do Mundo de 2010 Beer vimento urbano duradouro grande trabalho com quatro cabeças bendito seja maradona sandgrouse Mascherano Argentina pimenta Brasil Espanha. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to I was forced out of Argentina job, claims Diego Maradona] Reference
These include little bustard (Tetrax tetrax), black-bellied sandgrouse (Pterocles orientalis), lesser short-toed lark (Calandrella rufescens), thekla lark (Galerida theklae), black wheatear (Oenanthe leucura), and Dupont´s lark (Chersophilus duponti). From Wordnik.com. [Southeastern Iberian shrubs and woodlands] Reference
The grasslands surrounding the pans support a moderate bird fauna with species such as ostriches, secretary birds (Sagittarius serpentarius), kori bustards (Ardeotis kori), korhaans (Eupodotis spp.), sandgrouse (Pterocles spp.) and francolin (Francolinus spp.) being common. From Wordnik.com. [Zambezian halophytics] Reference
In areas of semi-arid steppe, typical avifauna includes rock partridges (Alectoris chukar and A. graeca), see-see partridge (Ammoperdix griseogularis), little bustard (Tetrax tetrax), houbara bustard (Chlamydotis undulata), black-bellied sandgrouse (Pterocles orientalis) and black vulture (Aegypius monachus). From Wordnik.com. [Zagros Mountains forest steppe] Reference
Little bustard (Tetrax tetrax), black-bellied sandgrouse (Pterocles orientalis), lesser short-toed lark (Calandrella rufescens), thekla lark (Galerida theklae), black wheatear (Oenanthe leucura), and Dupont´s lark (Chersophilus duponti) all reside here, in addition to a large population of flamingos and two endangered seagulls. From Wordnik.com. [Southeastern Iberian shrubs and woodlands] Reference
Larger birds of the ecoregion include the houbara bustard (Chlamydotis undulata), black-bellied and pin-tailed sandgrouse (Pterocles alcata, P. orientalis), cream-colored courser (Cursorius cursor), golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetus), short-toed eagle (Circaetus gallicus), steppe eagle (Aquila rapax), Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus), and saker falcon (Falco cherrug). From Wordnik.com. [Central Asian southern desert] Reference
Larger birds of the ecoregion include the houbara bustard (Chlamydotis undulata), black-bellied and pin-tailed sandgrouse (Pterocles alcata, P. orientalis), cream-colored courser (Cursorius cursor), golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetus), short-toed eagle (Circaetus gallicus), steppe eagle, (Aquila rapax), Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus), and saker falcon (Falco cherrug). From Wordnik.com. [Central Asian northern desert] Reference
Rare birds of the ecoregion are demoiselle crane (Anthropoides virgo), common crane (Grus grus), steppe eagle (Aquila rapax), Pallas’s sandgrouse (Syrrhaptes paradoxus), golden eagle (Aquila chrysactor), peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus), saker falcon (Falco cherrug) and others. From Wordnik.com. [Kazakh semi-desert] Reference
(Volume 1: sandgrouse to New World orioles). From Wordnik.com. [ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science] Reference
"Hamám," ruffed pigeon, culver, vol.v. 49; the "Katá," or sandgrouse, vols.i. 131, iv. 111, etc.; and the "Sammán" or quail, Suppl.vol. vi. From Wordnik.com. [Arabian nights. English] Reference
Of the birds, I may mention 12 varieties of pigeons, 2 of sandgrouse, 2 of partridges, 8 of quail, peafowl, jungle-fowl, spenfowl, bustard, floriken (a kind of bustard), woodcock, woodsnipe, common snipe, jacksnipe, painted snipe, widgeon, 4 kinds of teal, and 5 of wild ducks. From Wordnik.com. [Gold, Sport, and Coffee Planting in Mysore] Reference
Among birds, the typical representatives include larks (Alaudidae), pipits (Anthus; including the field pipit, Anthus campestris), wheatears (Oenanthe), buntings (Emberiza), Eastern stock dove (Columba eversmanni), turtle dove (Streptopelia turtur), roller (Coracias garrulus), hoopoe (Upupa epops), corn bunting (Miliaria calandra), black-foreheaded shrike (Lanius minor), golden and green bee-eaters (Merops apiaster, M. superciliosus), and sandgrouse (Pterocles orientalis). From Wordnik.com. [Alai-Western Tian Shan steppe] Reference
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