Namaqua Sandgrouse (Pterocles namaqua)

About the Namaqua Sandgrouse
The Namaqua sandgrouse (Pterocles namaqua), is a species of ground-dwelling bird in the sandgrouse family. It is found in arid regions of south-western Africa.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 30 recordings for this species: 1 CC BY-NC-SA. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
As soon as someone uploads a freely licensed recording, we mirror it and the player appears here.
Listed as recorded in Botswana, Namibia, South Africa in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Other birds you can hear here
- African CuckooCuculus gularisrecording
- African HoopoeUpupa africanarecording
- African Pied WagtailMotacilla aguimprecording
- Black-backed PuffbackDryoscopus cublarecording
- BrubruNilaus aferrecording
- Chinspot BatisBatis molitorrecording
These are the birds recorded alongside it, not close relatives — the site holds no other member of its genus or family yet.