Pterocles alchata / Pin-tailed sandgrouse (Pterocles alchata)

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Beschreibung

Systematik: Gattung Pterocles (Pterocles); Familie Pteroclidae (Pteroclidae)
Allgemein: The pin-tailed sandgrouse (Pterocles alchata) is a medium large bird in the sandgrouse family. It has a small, pigeon like head and neck and a sturdy, compact body. It has long pointed wings, which are white underneath, a long tail and a fast direct flight. Flocks fly to watering holes at dawn. The call is a loud kattar-kattar. This gregarious species breeds on dry open treeless plains and similar habitats. Its nest is a ground scrape into which two or three cream-coloured eggs with cryptic markings are laid. Both sexes incubate the eggs. [mehr]