Yellow Throated Sandgrouse

The yellow-throated sandgrouse (Pterocles gutturalis) is a species of bird in 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. saturatior E.J.O.Hartert, 1900 – Ethiopia to northern Zambia
• P. g. subsp. gutturalis A. 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