Crowned Sandgrouse

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Crowned Sandgrouse
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Columbiformes
Family: Pteroclididae
Genus: Pterocles
Species: P. coronatus
Binomial name
Pterocles coronatus
Lichtenstein, 1823

The Crowned Sandgrouse (Pterocles coronatus) is a species of bird in the Pteroclididae family. It is found in Afghanistan, Algeria, Chad, Egypt, India, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Oman, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Western Sahara, and Yemen.

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