Burchell's Sandgrouse

Burchell's Sandgrouse
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Columbiformes
Family: Pteroclididae
Genus: Pterocles
Species: P. burchelli
Binomial name
Pterocles burchelli
Sclater, 1922

The Burchell's Sandgrouse (Pterocles burchelli) is a species of bird in the Pteroclididae family.

It is found in Angola, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

The name of this bird commemorates the English naturalist William John Burchell.

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