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	AllRefer.com - sandgrouse (Vertebrate Zoology) - Encyclopedia
		Sandgrouse are especially remarkable for their drinking habits, descending upon water in flocks of as many as 80,000 birds.
		Aground, sandgrouse are not very graceful, progressing with a rapid waddle on their short, feathered legs.
		Sandgrouse are classified in the phylum Chordata, subphylum Vertebrata, class Aves, order Columbiformes, family Pteroclidae.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/S/sandgrou.html (373 words)

	Namaqua Sandgrouse
		Sandgrouse live on the ground just like European grouse do, but they are not related to grouse, in spite of their appearance.
		During the winter nesting period, the Namaqua sandgrouse lays two to three eggs in a nest that is a mere scrape in the ground between the tuffs of grass.
		The Namaqua sandgrouse is unique in many ways, but none so noteworthy as the way in which they have adapted themselves to the harsh habitats in which they are found.
	www.encounter.co.za /article/127.html (668 words)

	* Sandgrouse - (Animals): Definition
		The pin-tailed sandgrouse Pterocles alchata is a desert bird living in southern Europe, Africa, and Asia...
		Sandgrouse share several trits with pigeons, including their long wings and the practice of making long flights daily between breeding or feeding grounds, and pools of water at which they drink...
		Sandgrouse are known for the care of their young.
	en.mimi.hu /animals/sandgrouse.html (190 words)

	Sandgrouse - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sandgrouse is also the name of the journal of the Ornithological Society of the Middle East - see Sandgrouse (journal)
		The sandgrouse are a group of 16 near passerine bird species in the order Pteroclidiformes.
		Sandgrouse have small, pigeon like heads and necks, but sturdy compact bodies.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sandgrouse (174 words)

	Boreal Forests of the World Bird Species - Sandgrouse (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Sandgrouse are a unique set of birds found only in Africa and Eurasia.
		Some of their plumage and musculature is pigeon-like, but in 1867 Thomas Huxley reviewed their skeletons and came to the conclusion they were neither a grouse or pigeon, but balanced somewhere between, and assigned them to their own order, the Pteroclomorphae.
		The fact they do not drink like pigeons, they don't give cooing sounds, they don't build stick nests, their eggs were pigmented (not white) and the young can immediately fend for themselves are all reasons they aren't that close to pigeons.
	www.borealforest.org /world/birds/sandgrouse.htm (268 words)

	Pallas's Sandgrouse - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Pallas's Sandgrouse (Syrrhaptes paradoxus) is a medium large bird in the sandgrouse family.
		Pallas's Sandgrouse occasionally erupts from its regular breeding and wintering range across Europe as far west as Great Britain, where it has bred, and Ireland.
		Pallas's Sandgrouse is 30-41cm long, with buff plumage, barred above, a fl belly patch and pale underwings.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pallas's_Sandgrouse (275 words)

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		The responsibility to avoid abuse therefore rests with the landholder who usually transfers this responsibility in the form of an agreement to the hunter or safari operator, and the safari operator is responsible for the conduct of his guests.
		No shooting of sandgrouse from the beginning of August to the end of October as this appears to be the peak of breeding.
		Sandgrouse are traditionally shot during the late dry season when water is concentrated, which is during the breeding season.
	www.african-hunter.com /page_3.htm (757 words)

	Gamebirds Part 1
		Some sandgrouse species fly a return distance of around 150 kilometres, usually once a day in semi-desert regions to drink, although in Zimbabwe distances may be less.
		In Zimbabwe we have one sandgrouse species which is widespread in middle and lowveld areas - the Doublebanded Sandgrouse (Pterocles bicinctus), occurring singly or in small groups of up to 6, or even flocks of up to 50 when they flight to water in the evenings.
		Sandgrouse share incubation duties so that death of one of a pair, probably results in failure of the brood.
	www.african-hunter.com /gamebirds_part_1.htm (1022 words)

	Fuerteventura Fauna - Birds - Part 2
		The fl-bellied sandgrouse is found on sandy and slightly rocky plains on Lanzarote and especially Fuerteventura.
		On Fuerteventura numbers are concentrated in the south along the isthmus and northern section of the Jandia peninsula with other important populations on the central and north-western plains.
		Black-bellied sandgrouse are thought to migrate between Lanzarote and Fuerteventura.
	www.fuerteventura.com /fauna/birds2.shtml (3034 words)

	Sandgrouse -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The sandgrouse are a group of 16 (Click link for more info and facts about near passerine) near passerine (Warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings) bird species in the order Pteroclidiformes.
		Two central (A native or inhabitant of Asia) Asian species in Syrrhaptes, and the rest in Pterocles, but recent research casts some doubt on this division.
		(Sandgrouse of Europe and Africa having elongated middle tail feathers) Pin-tailed Sandgrouse, P. alchata
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/sa/sandgrouse.htm (223 words)

	sandgrouse
		They are sandy coloured and feed on vegetable matter and insects.
		Sandgrouse may travel long distances to water to drink, and some carry water back to their young by soaking the breast feathers.
		The pin-tailed sandgrouse Pterocles alchata is a desert bird living in southern Europe, Africa, and Asia.
	www.tiscali.co.uk /reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0007369.html (176 words)

	Sandgrouse family
		But sandgrouse share several attributes of pigeons, including their long wings and the practice of making long flights daily between breeding or feeding grounds, and pools of water at which they drink.
		One special feature of sandgrouse is their long flights to water holes in desert and semi-desert country where not only do they drink, but during breeding they wet their belly feathers to carry water to the chicks.
		By far the best way to see sandgrouse is to await their arrival at waterholes.
	montereybay.com /creagrus/sandgrouse.html (714 words)

	Tibetan Sandgrouse Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Tibetan Sandgrouse (Syrrhaptes tibetanus) is a large bird in the sandgrouse family.
		The latter two features are distinctions from the related Pallas's Sandgrouse, with which its range overlaps.
		This gregarious sandgrouse has a small, pigeon-like head and neck, but sturdy compact body.
	encyclopedia.localcolorart.com /encyclopedia/Tibetan_Sandgrouse (351 words)

	Bird directive: Pin-tailed Sandgrouse (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Pin-tailed Sandgrouse is a species of steppe country, requiring plains without trees or high bushes.
		The Pin-tailed Sandgrouse is undergoing a widespread decline in both its popualtion size and distribution.
		This is due mainly to the destruction of dry grassland which has followed the agricultural intensification, particularly in the form of irrigation schemes, and hunting.
	europa.eu.int /comm/environment/nature/directive/pterocles_alchata_en.htm (152 words)

	Sandgrouse De Pallas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Sandgrouse de Pallas entra en erupción de vez en cuando de su gama de crianza y wintering regular a través de Europa como oeste lejano como Gran Bretaña, donde ha criado, e Irlanda.
		Sandgrouse de Pallas es los 30-4çm largos, con el plumaje de color de ante, barrado arriba, un remiendo negro del vientre y los underwings pálidos.
		Este sandgrouse tiene un pequeño, paloma como la cabeza y cuello, pero un cuerpo compacto robusto.
	www.yotor.net /wiki/es/sa/Sandgrouse%20De%20Pallas.htm (334 words)

	Flyers of the twilight zone
		The silence of sunset was broken for about half an hour as the sandgrouse vocalised, the volume of their combined voices rising when their numbers peaked.
		Trumpeting and trunk—flaying, the herd would encircle a waterhole, chasing all and sundry away, causing sandgrouse that were scattered in front of this wall of sound and movement to abandon their congregation for that particular night.
		The significance of this synchrony is most likely that this species of sandgrouse has evolved a strategy that favours their survival in an environment fraught with hazards.
	www.flamingo.com.na /index.php?fArticleId=74 (1054 words)

	Encyclopedia: Four-banded Sandgrouse (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Four-banded Sandgrouse (Pterocles quadricinctus) is a medium-sized bird in the sandgrouse family.
		The female lacks the head and breast bands, and is heavily barred on the back and flanks.
		It has long pointed wings, which are grey underneath, a short tail and a fast direct flight.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Four_banded-Sandgrouse (270 words)

	Reviews about HBW (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		However, for some strange reason it was repeatedly asserted that the whole story was pure fantasy and that one could only go as far as saying that sandgrouse might possibly regurgitate like other birds.
		For the Namaqua Sandgrouse, it has been calculated that males can take in 25-40 ml, and that after a journey lasting 32 km and half an hour they would be able to give their chicks some 10-18 ml.
		If need be, they make some more trips: Pin-tailed and Black-bellied Sandgrouse (P.orientalis) in Spain at times make as many as three in a day; it is frequent to see males at the water-holes alone and not at the usual times.
	www.hbw.com /hbw/reviews/volume4/bb4.html (968 words)

	Ornithological Society of the Middle East
		Sandgrouse Volume 27 (2) Autumn 2005 has now been published and articles from it will appear here soon.
		There are articles from 17 issues of the OSME journal Sandgrouse, over 200 trip reports from 21 countries, links to recent sightings from several of these countries and a full list of sales items available from the Society, many not available from any other source.
		Planning to birdwatch in the region, check out Around the Region in the latest issue of Sandgrouse, the trip reports section and links to recent sightings using the Magic Carpet.
	www.osme.org (263 words)

	Bird directive: Black-bellied Sandgrouse (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Seen chiefly in mornings when flying to lakes or smaller pools to drink.The Black-bellied Sandgrouse favours dry shrub-steppes which incorporate non-irrigated cultivated areas, mostly cereal.
		Both the population size and the range of the Black-bellied Sandgrouse are clearly declining, maily due to changes in agricultural practices and the loss of steppelands.
		Agricultural intensification frequently involves the abandonment of non-irrigated cultivated land, ploughing up of fallow land and replacing with coniferous.
	europa.eu.int /comm/environment/nature/directive/pterocles_orientalis_en.htm (140 words)

	Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse :: Saint Louis Zoo
		These small members of the pigeon family live in hot, arid climates where they prefer rocky places or open landscapes with loose silty or dusty soil.
		In fact, water is so precious to these birds that adults carry drops to their young in their breast feathers.
		Sandgrouse are usually on the alert for danger.
	www.stlzoo.org /animals/abouttheanimals/birds/pigeonsdoves/chestnutbelliedsandgrouse.htm (267 words)

	* Sandgrouse - (Bird): Definition
		Over 300 species known for beauty and vocal talents, most native to the Southern Hemisphere...
		Geese use their powerful wing feathers as weapons.
		The male African sandgrouse can actually carry absorbed water in its breast feathers.
	en.mimi.hu /bird/sandgrouse.html (46 words)

	Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse, Pterocles lichtensteinii
		This is an uncommon species found in dry, sparsely bushed country.
		The photograph shows the male Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse which has a very distinctive fl and white banded crown and forehead, a white bar behind the eye and a very noticeable yellow orbital ring.
		The female is less strikingly marked with narrow fl and buff barring and some ill-defined whitish striping on the head.
	www.kenyabirds.org.uk /l_sandgrouse.htm (120 words)

	James Smith's daily bird sighting reports, Kibbutz Lotan Center for Birdwatching Israel
		The prospect of seeing more sandgrouse at a drinking hole looked good and we drove over to investigate.
		Martin also managed to pick out a smaller, paler sandgrouse with a group of flying Black-bellied, the white under-wing and belly giving it away as a Pin-tailed Sandgrouse.
		It had been quite a few years since I'd seen such an excellent display of drinking sandgrouse at Nizzana and I estimated that at least 300 Spotted and 110 Black-bellied Sandgrouse came into drink, or alighted nearby while we were there.
	www.birdingisrael.com /birdNews/recentSightings/2001/dailySightings/24Nov.htm (798 words)

	Madge, S., McGowan, P., Kirwan, G.M.: Pheasants, Partridges, and Grouse: A Guide to the Pheasants, Partridges, Quails, ...
		Madge, S., McGowan, P., Kirwan, G.M.: Pheasants, Partridges, and Grouse: A Guide to the Pheasants, Partridges, Quails, Grouse, Guineafowl, Buttonquails, and Sandgrouse of the World.
		This guide brings together, for the first time within a single volume, a comprehensive review of all the world's pheasants, partridges, quails, grouse, turkeys, guineafowl, buttonquails, sandgrouse, and the enigmatic Plains-wanderer--over 250 species in all.
		The group includes some of the world's most familiar and beautiful birds, such as the Indian peafowl and the stunning tragopans, as well as some of the rarest and most threatened.
	www.pupress.princeton.edu /titles/7267.html (397 words)

	phorum - SABirdNet - [SABN] Yellow-throated Sandgrouse (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Sandgrouse which flew in and settled around the pool.
		Whether the visit by the Sandgrouse is a regular feature or =
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	www.surfbirds.com /phorum/read.php?f=43&i=3902&t=3902 (582 words)

	Sandgrouse in November - Slide Show, Israel, Kibbutz Lotan Center for Birdwatching
		Sandgrouse in November - Slide Show, Israel, Kibbutz Lotan Center for Birdwatching
		Over the last few days we've had some exceptional luck in viewing several species of sandgrouse in the southern desert.
		Five species are regular in Israel and of those, Crowned, Spotted and Lichenstein's Sandgrouse are the most sought after by European birders.
	www.birdingisrael.com /birdNews/recentSightings/2002/fall2002/images/nov20/sandgrouse (131 words)

	Pterocles alchata
		Pin-tailed Sandgrouse aren’t as distinctively shaped as Black-bellied and might indeed be taken for plain brown waders such as Golden Plover.
		It is the strikingly white underparts which make Pin-tailed Sandgrouse instantly separable, not just from Black-bellied Sandgrouse, but also from all the other sandgrouse in the Western Palearctic.
		The female is the only sandgrouse to show three fl breast bands; the male has only two such bands but also has a fl throat.
	www.birdguides.com /html/vidlib/species/Pterocles_alchata.htm (274 words)

	Birdwatching Trip Report from Fuerteventura
		We did have a small group of Sandgrouse coming into drink late morning but stay quiet and hidden, as they are very wary.
		Use your car as a hide as upon our approach they lay down and were almost impossible to see, after a while they stood up and began feeding before heading off.
		To the north of the town there is a large area of sand dunes, which held good numbers of Larks, Finches and several Sandgrouse.
	www.birdtours.co.uk /tripreports/canaries/fuerte9/fuerte-mar2001.htm (2100 words)

	Birdwatching trip report - Spain - surfbirds.com
		A dried up reservoir (where excellent views of both Sandgrouse can be had) can be found on the Belchite side of the reserve by taking the stony track on the acute bend of the Belchite-Quinto road (about 2 km before El Planeron).
		The minor road that is located south of Embalse de La Serena and east of the 413 - running SE to the 420 west of Cabeza del Buey is known as a site for both bustards.
		Tracks to several farms are worth exploring for bustards and sandgrouse.
	www.surfbirds.com /mb/trips/spain-rb-0599.html (1914 words)

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