Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Pteroclidiformes > Pteroclididae > Pterocles > Pterocles burchelliPterocles burchelli (Burchell's Sandgrouse)Burchell's sandgrouse (Pterocles burchelli) is a species of bird in the Pteroclididae family. It is found in arid and semi-arid regions of southern Africa. The name of this bird commemorates the English naturalist William John Burchell. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 19.7049 EDGE Score: 3.03037 |
| Adult Weight [1] | 181 grams | | Birth Weight [2] | 14 grams | | Female Weight [1] | 172 grams | | Male Weight [1] | 191 grams | | Weight Dimorphism [1] | 11 % |  | | Diet [3] | Granivore | | Diet - Seeds [3] | 100 % | | Forages - Understory [3] | 30 % | | Forages - Ground [3] | 70 % | | | Clutch Size [4] | 3 |
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Countries |
Ecozone |
Biome |
Species |
Report |
Climate |
Land
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Angolan Mopane woodlands |
Angola, Namibia |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Etosha Pan halophytics |
Namibia |
Afrotropic |
Flooded Grasslands and Savannas |
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Highveld grasslands |
South Africa |
Afrotropic |
Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
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Kalahari Acacia-Baikiaea woodlands |
Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe, South Africa |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Kalahari xeric savanna |
Botswana, Namibia, South Africa |
Afrotropic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Nama Karoo |
Namibia, South Africa |
Afrotropic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Namibian savanna woodlands |
Angola, Namibia |
Afrotropic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Southern Africa bushveld |
Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Zambezian flooded grasslands |
Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia |
Afrotropic |
Flooded Grasslands and Savannas |
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Zambezian halophytics |
Mozambique, Botswana |
Afrotropic |
Flooded Grasslands and Savannas |
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Location |
IBA Criteria |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
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Central Kalahari (Kgalagadi) and Khutse Game Reserves |
Botswana |
A3 |
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Chobe National Park |
Botswana |
A3, A4i |
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Cutato |
Angola |
A3 |
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Eastern Caprivi wetlands |
Namibia |
A1, A3, A4i |
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Etosha National Park |
Namibia |
A1, A3, A4i, A4iii |
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Hobatere |
Namibia |
A2, A3 |
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Hwange National Park |
Zimbabwe |
A3 |
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Kalahari-Gemsbok National Park |
South Africa |
A3 |
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Kamfers Dam |
South Africa |
A4i |
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Kgalakgadi Transfrontier Park |
Botswana |
A3 |
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Lake Ngami |
Botswana |
A1, A3, A4i, A4ii, A4iii |
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Linyanti swamp/Chobe river |
Botswana |
A1, A3, A4i |
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Mahango Game Reserve and Kavango river |
Namibia |
A1, A3, A4i |
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Makgadikgadi Pans |
Botswana |
A1, A3, A4i, A4iii |
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Okavango Delta |
Botswana |
A1, A3, A4i, A4ii, A4iii |
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Sioma Ngwezi National Park |
Zambia |
A3 |
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South-east Botswana |
Botswana |
A1, A3 |
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Spitskop Dam |
South Africa |
A1, A4i |
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Tsumkwe pan system |
Namibia |
A1, A3, A4i |
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Waterberg Plateau Park |
Namibia |
A1, A3 |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109 ♦ 2Terje Lislevand, Jordi Figuerola, and Tamás Székely. 2007. Avian body sizes in relation to fecundity, mating system, display behavior, and resource sharing. Ecology 88:1605 ♦ 3Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027 ♦ 4Jetz W, Sekercioglu CH, Böhning-Gaese K (2008) The Worldwide Variation in Avian Clutch Size across Species and Space PLoS Biol 6(12): e303. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060303 Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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