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Pin-tailed Sandgrouse
Pterocles alchata
(P. a. caudacutus)
| Armenian Name: | Սպիտակափոր դռլոն |
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See Plate 23 for Pin-tailed Sandgrouse and other similar species
| Resident Status: | Casual |
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| Length: | 31-39 cm, Wing Span:54-65 cm |
| Distribution Map: | Map 170. |
| Description: | White under body and long central tail feathers. |
| Adult (Breeding): | Male has orange face with black eyestripe, black chin, orange-pink breast band, and greenish upperparts spotted with yellow. Female has pale brown-yellow upperparts marbled with black and gray. |
| Similar Species: | Differs from Black-bellied Sandgrouse by white under body and long central tail feathers. |
| Behavior: | Gregarious; gathers in flocks at drinking pools. Flies with deep rapid wingbeats interspersed with short glides. Waddling walk and pattering run. |
| Habitat: | Semidesert, lowland foothills. |
| Food: | Plants. |
