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Common Name

Chestnut Bellied Sandgrouse

Alternate Names

Common Type

Sandgrouse

Order

Pterocliformes

Family

Pteroclidae

Genus

Pterocies

Species

exustus

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Location Photographed

Uganda,

Number of Sub-Species

Six Sub Species

Migratory or Resident

Resident

Preferred Habitat

Treeless open country, plains, savannahs and semi deserts

Distribution and Range

Saharan Africa, east Africa, Middle East, Indian Sub Continent

Food

Seeds, bulbs and beries

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Field Notes:

Will fly a long way each day to drink at the same watering hole with many other sandgrouse. Their belly feathers are adapted to absorb water that will be retained and carried back to chicks that may be many miles away.

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