Family
Sandgrouse
Pteroclidae
16 species with a page on Motmot.
Order: Pterocliformes
Sandgrouse is the common name for Pteroclidae (), a family of sixteen species of bird, members of the order Pterocliformes (). They are traditionally placed in two genera. The two central Asian species are classified as Syrrhaptes and the other fourteen species, from Africa and Asia, are placed in the genus Pterocles.
Species in this family
- Pin-tailed Sandgrouse Pterocles alchata
- Double-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles bicinctus
- Burchell's Sandgrouse Pterocles burchelli
- Crowned Sandgrouse Pterocles coronatus
- Black-faced Sandgrouse Pterocles decoratus
- Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles exustus
- Yellow-throated Sandgrouse Pterocles gutturalis
- Painted Sandgrouse Pterocles indicus
- Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse Pterocles lichtensteinii
- Namaqua Sandgrouse Pterocles namaqua
- Black-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles orientalis
- Madagascar Sandgrouse Pterocles personatus
- Four-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles quadricinctus
- Spotted Sandgrouse Pterocles senegallus
- Pallas's Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes paradoxus
- Tibetan Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes tibetanus
Lookalikes compared
- Black-bellied Sandgrouse vs Crowned Sandgrouse
- Black-faced Sandgrouse vs Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse
- Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse vs Spotted Sandgrouse
- Crowned Sandgrouse vs Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse
- Double-banded Sandgrouse vs Burchell's Sandgrouse
- Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse vs Painted Sandgrouse
- Namaqua Sandgrouse vs Burchell's Sandgrouse
- Namaqua Sandgrouse vs Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse
- Namaqua Sandgrouse vs Double-banded Sandgrouse
- Namaqua Sandgrouse vs Yellow-throated Sandgrouse
- Pallas's Sandgrouse vs Black-bellied Sandgrouse
- Pallas's Sandgrouse vs Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse
- Pallas's Sandgrouse vs Pin-tailed Sandgrouse
- Pin-tailed Sandgrouse vs Black-bellied Sandgrouse
- Pin-tailed Sandgrouse vs Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse
- Pin-tailed Sandgrouse vs Spotted Sandgrouse
- Spotted Sandgrouse vs Black-bellied Sandgrouse
- Spotted Sandgrouse vs Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse
- Yellow-throated Sandgrouse vs Burchell's Sandgrouse
- Yellow-throated Sandgrouse vs Double-banded Sandgrouse