Species profile
Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse
Pterocles lichtensteinii
Quick answer
Breeding regions are AF, PAL. Breeding subregions are nw AF to Pakistan.
- Scientific name
- Pterocles lichtensteinii
- Family
- Pteroclididae
- Order
- Pteroclidiformes
- Genus
- Pterocles
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Recording Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse in your journal
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Related species in Pteroclididae
- Black-bellied Sandgrouse (Pterocles orientalis)
- Black-faced Sandgrouse (Pterocles decoratus)
- Burchell's Sandgrouse (Pterocles burchelli)
- Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse (Pterocles exustus)
- Double-banded Sandgrouse (Pterocles bicinctus)
- Four-banded Sandgrouse (Pterocles quadricinctus)
- Ganga couronné (Pterocles coronatus)
- Ganga tacheté (Pterocles senegallus)