Pallas's sandgrouse

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Pallas's sandgrouse is a medium-sized, ground-dwelling bird of arid and semi-arid regions of central Asia, known for its long-distance flights to water sources and dense, cryptic plumage.

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Pallas's sandgrouse canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bird
sandgrouse
species
behavior ground-dwelling
binomialName Syrrhaptes paradoxus
linked to: Syrrhaptes
bodySize medium-sized
class Aves
clutchSize 2–3 eggs
commonName Pallas's sandgrouse
conservationStatus Least Concern
conservationStatusSystem IUCN Red List
describedBy Peter Simon Pallas
describedInYear 1773
diet plant material
seeds
eggColor pale with dark markings
family Pteroclidae
linked to: Pterocliformes
flight strong and fast
foragingStratum ground
genus Syrrhaptes
habitat arid regions
desert margins
semi-arid regions
steppe
kingdom Animalia
malePlumageColor more brightly patterned than female
migratoryBehavior partial migrant
namedAfter Peter Simon Pallas
nativeTo China
Kazakhstan
Mongolia
Russia
central Asia
nestType scrape on ground
notableBehavior long-distance flights to water sources
occursIn Palearctic region
linked to: Palearctic realm
order Pterocliformes
parentTaxon Syrrhaptes
phylum Chordata
plumage cryptic
densely patterned
rangeExpansionEvent 19th-century irruption into western Europe
reproduction ground nester
scientificName Syrrhaptes paradoxus
linked to: Syrrhaptes
sexualDimorphism present
socialBehavior forms flocks
gregarious
taxonRank species
waterDependence high
wingShape long-pointed wings

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Peter Simon Pallas describedTaxon Pallas's sandgrouse