PLEASE! If you see any mistakes, I'm 100% sure that I have wrongly identified some birds.
So please let me know on my guestbook at the bottom of the page
Birdwatching in Africa - Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse, Pterocles exustus


The Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse (Pterocles exustus) is a species of sandgrouse. They are found in sparse, bushy, arid land which is common in central and northern Africa, and southern Asia. Though they live in hot, arid climates, they are highly reliant on water. They have been known to travel up to 80 kilometres in one day in search of water.

All species of sandgrouse that have been studied in habitat have proved to be entirely vegetarian throughout their lives, specialising in leguminous weed seeds and seldom eating grass seeds.

In the 1960s many birds were captured using clap traps from Rajasthan in India and introduced into Nevada. They have also been introduced to Hawaii.

A subspecies, P. e. floweri, was last seen in the Nile Valley of Egypt in 1979. It is thought to be extinct, but the reasons for this are unknown

Range map from www.oiseaux.net

Range map
Range map from www.oiseaux.net - Ornithological Portal Oiseaux.net
www.oiseaux.net is one of those MUST visit pages if you're in to bird watching. You can find just about everything there




Length: 33 cm
Wingspan: 48 - 51 cm
Weight: 140 - 241 g
Longevity:
Distinctive Feature
Similar Species


From opus at www.birdforum.net the forum for wild birds and birding.


Listen to the Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse

Remarks from the Recordist

Recorded with my ZOOM H5 Handy recorder. High Pass Filter applied with Audacity

Hundred birds came t drink in a water puss at a construction site on the Awash to Dulecha dust road. Bird coming in in big groups and when they take off (Loud sounds in the recording from the wing flaps) next group came in to drink.


www.xeno-canto.org


Conservation status
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.



From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

www.birdforum.net


Sighted: 24 October 2019(Date of first photo that I could use)
Location: Desert between Awash and Dulecha, Ethiopia


Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse, Pterocles exustus
Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse - 24 October 2019 - Desert between Awash and Dulecha, Ethiopia

Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse, Pterocles exustus
Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse - 24 October 2019 - Desert between Awash and Dulecha, Ethiopia

Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse, Pterocles exustus
Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse - 24 October 2019 - Desert between Awash and Dulecha, Ethiopia




PLEASE! If I have made any mistakes identifying any bird, PLEASE let me know on my guestbook



       
                  



                                       

You are visitor no.
To www.aladdin.st since December 2005

Visitors from different countries since 26th of September 2011