Pin-tailed Sandgrouse Pterocles alchata Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (38)
- Subspecies (2)
Eduardo de Juana, Guy M. Kirwan, and Carlos A. Martín
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated March 14, 2016
Text last updated March 14, 2016
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Arabic | قطا عراقي |
| Armenian | Սպիտակափոր դռլոն |
| Asturian | Corteza de vientre blancu |
| Azerbaijani | Ağqarın bağrıqara |
| Basque | Ganga azpizuria |
| Bulgarian | Шилоопашата пустинарка |
| Catalan | ganga eurasiàtica |
| Croatian | zelenkasta sadža |
| Czech | stepokur krásný |
| Danish | Spidshalet Sandhøne |
| Dutch | Witbuikzandhoen |
| English | Pin-tailed Sandgrouse |
| English (United States) | Pin-tailed Sandgrouse |
| French | Ganga cata |
| French (France) | Ganga cata |
| Galician | Cortizol ibérico |
| German | Spießflughuhn |
| Greek | Βελονόουρη Περιστερόκοτα |
| Hebrew | קטה חדת-זנב |
| Hungarian | Nyílfarkú pusztaityúk |
| Icelandic | Auðnaspjátra |
| Italian | Grandule |
| Japanese | シロハラサケイ |
| Lithuanian | Baltapilvė smiltvištė |
| Norwegian | hvitbuksandhøne |
| Persian | باقرقره شکم سفید |
| Polish | stepówka białobrzucha |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Ganga |
| Romanian | Găinușă cu suliță |
| Russian | Белобрюхий рябок |
| Serbian | Belotrba sadža |
| Slovak | stepiar bielobruchý |
| Slovenian | Biserna stepska kokoška |
| Spanish | Ganga Ibérica |
| Spanish (Spain) | Ganga ibérica |
| Swedish | vitbukig flyghöna |
| Turkish | Kılkuyruk Bağırtlak |
| Ukrainian | Рябок білочеревий |
Pterocles alchata (Linnaeus, 1766)
PROTONYM:
Tetrao Alchata
Linnaeus, 1766. Systema Naturæ. Editio duodecima reformata. Tomus I [part 1], p.276.
TYPE LOCALITY:
'Monspelii, in Pyrenaeis, Sjnria, Arabia' = southwestern Europe, from the first revisor, Bogdanow, Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. St. Petersb., 27, 1881, col. 165-167.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- PTEROCLES
- pterocles
- alchata
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Pin-tailed Sandgrouse
