Madagascan Sandgrouse
Pterocles personatus - Ganga masqué
Systematics
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Order:
Pterocliformes
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Family:
Pteroclidés
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Genus:
Pterocles
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Species:
personatus
Descriptor
Biometrics
- Size: 35 cm
- Wingspan: -
- Weight: -
Geographic range
Description identification
Madagascan Sandgrouse (Pterocles personatus) is a species of bird in the Pteroclidae family.
Subspecific information monotypic species
Foreign names
- Ganga masqué,
- Ganga malgache,
- cortiçol-malgaxe,
- Madagaskarflughuhn,
- álarcos pusztaityúk,
- Madagaskarzandhoen,
- Grandule del Madagascar,
- madagaskarflyghöna,
- Madagaskarsandhøne,
- stepiar maskový,
- stepokur madagaskarský,
- Madagaskarsandhøne,
- madagaskarinhietakyyhky,
- ganga de Madagascar,
- stepówka madagaskarska,
- Мадагаскарский рябок,
- マダガスカルサケイ,
- 马岛沙鸡,
- 馬達加斯加沙雞,
Habitat
Savanna : Dry ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls), Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha) ; Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks) :
Sources of information
- IOC World Bird List (v11.1), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2019.
Other sources of interest
- Accipitriformes
- Anseriformes
- Apodiformes
- Apterygiformes
- Bucerotiformes
- Caprimulgiformes
- Cariamiformes
- Casuariiformes
- Charadriiformes
- Ciconiiformes
- Coliiformes
- Columbiformes
- Coraciiformes
- Cuculiformes
- Eurypygiformes
- Falconiformes
- Galliformes
- Gaviiformes
- Gruiformes
- Leptosomiformes
- Mesitornithiformes
- Musophagiformes
- Opisthocomiformes
- Otidiformes
- Passeriformes
- Pelecaniformes
- Phaethontiformes
- Phoenicopteriformes
- Piciformes
- Podicipediformes
- Procellariiformes
- Psittaciformes
- Pterocliformes
- Rheiformes
- Sphenisciformes
- Strigiformes
- Struthioniformes
- Suliformes
- Tinamiformes
- Trogoniformes