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Spotted Sandgrouse
Pterocles senegallus
Least ConcernThe Spotted Sandgrouse is a ground-dwelling sandgrouse of North African and southwestern Asian deserts and semi-deserts. It forages in small groups for seeds across open dry country and is adapted to long flights between feeding areas and waterholes; adults may carry water in specialized belly feathers to chicks at the nest.
- Family
- Pteroclidae
- Group
- Sandgrouse
- Range
- Spotted Sandgrouse Range — Resident or seasonal range in North African and southwestern Asian deserts and semi-deserts
- Population
- ≈ 2M–20M