Pin-tailed Sandgrouse
Pterocles alchata(Linnaeus, C, 1766)
English (US) Pin-tailed Sandgrouse
The Pin-tailed Sandgrouse (Pterocles alchata) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Pteroclidae (Sandgrouse) in the order Pterocliformes.
- Scientific name
- Pterocles alchata
- Family
- Pteroclidae (Sandgrouse)
- Order
- Pterocliformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Pin-tailed Sandgrouse
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1766)
No guides listed yet for Pin-tailed Sandgrouse
Be the first expert to offer guided tours for this species.
Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Pterocles alchata alchata
- Pterocles alchata caudacutus
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Tetrao Alchata
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1766)
- Type locality
- 'Monspelii, in Pyrenaeis, Sjnria, Arabia' = southwestern Europe, from the first revisor, Bogdanow, Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. St. Petersb., 27, 1881, col. 165-167.
- Original description
- Systema Naturæ. Editio duodecima reformata. Tomus I [part 1] p.276
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
Other species of the family Sandgrouse
Pallas's Sandgrouse
Syrrhaptes paradoxus
Tibetan Sandgrouse
Syrrhaptes tibetanus
Namaqua Sandgrouse
Pterocles namaqua
Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse
Pterocles exustus
Spotted Sandgrouse
Pterocles senegallus
Black-bellied Sandgrouse
Pterocles orientalis
Yellow-throated Sandgrouse
Pterocles gutturalis
Crowned Sandgrouse
Pterocles coronatus
Black-faced Sandgrouse
Pterocles decoratus
Madagascar Sandgrouse
Pterocles personatus
Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse
Pterocles lichtensteinii
Double-banded Sandgrouse
Pterocles bicinctus
Looking for a different species?