Pterocles larvatus Milne-Edwards 1892 (sandgrouse)

Aves - Pterocliformes - Pteroclidae

Belongs to Pterocles according to C. Gaillard 1908

See also Lambrecht 1933 and Olson 1985

Sister taxa: Pterocles alchata, Pterocles bicinctus, Pterocles burchelli, Pterocles coronatus, Pterocles decoratus, Pterocles exustus, Pterocles gutturalis, Pterocles indicus, Pterocles lichtensteinii, Pterocles namaqua, Pterocles orientalis, Pterocles personatus, Pterocles quadricinctus, Pterocles senegallus, Pterocles sepultus, Pterocles validus

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Pterocles larvatus in the database

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