Pallas's Sandgrouse
Syrrhaptes paradoxus(Pallas, PS, 1773)
English (US) Pallas's Sandgrouse
The Pallas's Sandgrouse (Syrrhaptes paradoxus) 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: sandy steppes of central Asia from western Kazakhstan to northeastern and east-central ChinaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Syrrhaptes paradoxus
- Family
- Pteroclidae (Sandgrouse)
- Order
- Pterocliformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Pallas's Sandgrouse
- Described by
- (Pallas, PS, 1773)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Tetrao paradoxa
- Described by
- (Pallas, PS, 1773)
- Type locality
- Southern part of the Tartarian Desert.
- Original description
- Reise durch verschiedene Provinzen des Russischen Reichs 2 p.712
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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