Yellow-throated sandgrouse

Yellow-throated sandgrouse
Male at Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Pterocliformes
Family:	Pteroclidae
Genus:	Pterocles
Species:	P. gutturalis
Binomial name
Pterocles gutturalis Smith, 1836

The yellow-throated sandgrouse (Pterocles gutturalis) is a species of bird belonging to the family Pteroclidae.

Range

It is found in Angola, Botswana, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

Subspecies

There are two accepted subspecies: ^[2]

• P. g. subsp. saturatiorE.J.O.Hartert, 1900 – Ethiopia to northern Zambia
• P. g. subsp. gutturalisA. Smith, 1836 – southern Zambia and Angola to northern South Africa

Gallery

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  Illustration from Horsbrugh, Boyd (1912)
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  Female at Masai Mara
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  Male at Masai Mara
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  Pair drinking water (Masai Mara)

References

1. BirdLife International (2016). "Pterocles gutturalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T22692998A93377901. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22692998A93377901.en . Retrieved 11 November 2021.
2. de Juana, E.; Boesman, P. "Yellow-throated Sandgrouse (Pterocles gutturalis)". Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. Retrieved 6 March 2017.

External links

• Yellow-throated sandgrouse - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.