Painted Sandgrouse
Pterocles indicus(Gmelin, JF, 1789)
English (US) Painted Sandgrouse
The Painted Sandgrouse (Pterocles indicus) 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.
Range: arid rocky lowlands of eastern Pakistan and peninsular IndiaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Pterocles indicus
- Family
- Pteroclidae (Sandgrouse)
- Order
- Pterocliformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Painted Sandgrouse
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Tetrao indicus
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
- Type locality
- Coromandel, India.
- Original description
- Systema Naturae. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Cura Jo. Frid. Gmelin (etc.). Tomus I. Pars II 1 pt2 p.755
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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