Pteroclididae

The family of the ptéroclididés (or Pteroclididae ) includes/understands the ganga S and the Syrrhapte S, birds terrestrial of intermediate size (from 24 to 40 cm), resembling superficially the Perdrix and the Pigeon S. They have the short nozzle, a small head, long wings and short legs with emplumé tarsus; the toes are sometimes covered with feathers. One finds them in Africa and Asia, like in Spain and in the south of France. They live in opened mediums, generally in arid or semi-arid areas.

Alphapetic list of the kinds

• Syrrhaptes Illiger, 1811
• Pterocles Temminck, 1815

List species

• Syrrhapte of Tibet - Syrrhaptes tibetanus Gould, 1850 - Tibetan Sandgrouse
• paradoxical Syrrhapte - Syrrhaptes paradoxus (Pallas, 1773) - Pallas' S Sandgrouse
• Ganga cata - Pterocles alchata (Linnaeus, 1766) - Pine-tailed Sandgrouse
• Ganga namaqua - Pterocles namaqua (Gmelin, 1789) - Namaqua Sandgrouse
• Ganga with brown belly - Pterocles exustus Temminck, 1825 - Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse
• Ganga mottled - Pterocles senegallus (Linnaeus, 1771) - Spotted Sandgrouse
• Ganga with yellow throat - Pterocles gutturalis A. Smith, 1836 - Yellow-throated Sandgrouse
• Ganga unibande - Pterocles orientalis (Linnaeus, 1758) - Black-bellied Sandgrouse
• Ganga crowned - Pterocles coronatus Lichtenstein, 1823 - Crowned Sandgrouse
• Ganga masked - Pterocles personatus Gould, 1843 - Madagascar Sandgrouse
• Ganga with black face - Pterocles decoratus Cabanis, 1868 - Black-faced Sandgrouse
• Ganga bibande - Pterocles bicinctus Temminck, 1815 - Double-banded Sandgrouse
• Ganga quadribande - Pterocles quadricinctus Temminck, 1815 - Furnace-banded Sandgrouse
• Indian Ganga - Pterocles indicus (Gmelin, 1789) - Painted Sandgrouse
• Ganga de Lichtenstein - Pterocles lichtensteinii Temminck, 1825 - Lichtenstein' S Sandgrouse
• Ganga de Burchell - Pterocles burchelli W.L. Sclater, 1922 - Burchell' S Sandgrouse