Black-bellied Sandgrouse (Pterocles orientalis)
About the Black-bellied Sandgrouse
The black-bellied sandgrouse (Pterocles orientalis) is a medium large bird in the sandgrouse family. The nominate race breeds in Iberian Peninsula, Northwest Africa, the Canary Islands, Turkey, Iran, Cyprus and Palestine. The eastern form P. o. arenarius (Pallas, 1775) is found in Kazakhstan, western China and northern Pakistan. It is a partial migrant, with central Asian birds moving to Pakistan and northern India in winter.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 82 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 India, Kazakhstan, Morocco, Portugal in the xeno-canto catalogue.
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These are the birds recorded alongside it, not close relatives — the site holds no other member of its genus or family yet.