Painted Sandgrouse

Painted Sandgrouse

Taxobox
name = Painted Sandgrouse
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1


image_caption = Painted Sandgrouse, Gir, Gujarat, India
image_width = 240px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Columbiformes
familia = Pteroclididae
genus = "Pterocles"
species = "P. indicus"
binomial = "Pterocles indicus"
binomial_authority = (Gmelin, 1789)
The Painted Sandgrouse ("Pterocles indicus") is a medium large bird in the sandgrouse family found in South Asia.

References

* Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern


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