English: Sandgrouses.
Clades:
Neognathae;
Aves;
Animals.
Genera: 2: Syrrhaptes, Pterocles; 16 species; 1 family.
Region: central Asian, northern, southern, eastern Africa,
Madagascar, Middle East, India, Europe.
ZoologyPteroclidiformes are ground dwelling birds restricted to treeless, open country, such as plains, savannahs, and semi-deserts.
The ranges of the black-bellied sandgrouse and the pin-tailed sandgrouse even extend into the Iberian Peninsula and France, and Pallas's sandgrouse occasionally breaks out in large numbers from its normal range in Asia.
FamilyPteroclidae