Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Pteroclidiformes > Pteroclididae > Pterocles > Pterocles coronatusPterocles coronatus (Crowned Sandgrouse)The crowned sandgrouse (Pterocles coronatus) is a species of bird in the Pteroclididae family.It is found in Afghanistan, Algeria, Chad, Egypt, India, Iran, Iraq, Palestine, Jordan, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Oman, Pakistan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Western Sahara, and Yemen. Length: 27–30 cm, body mass: 250–300 g. It forages on the ground on sprouts and seeds. Breeding takes place between April and August. Eggs in number of 2–3 are laid on the ground. Incubation period is unknown, but males are known to incubate during night. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 21.1697 EDGE Score: 3.09873 |
| Adult Weight [1] | 300 grams | | Birth Weight [2] | 17 grams |  | | Diet [3] | Granivore, Herbivore | | Diet - Plants [3] | 30 % | | Diet - Seeds [3] | 70 % | | Forages - Understory [3] | 30 % | | Forages - Ground [3] | 70 % | | | Clutch Size [4] | 3 | | Wing Span [5] | 22 inches (.57 m) |
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Countries |
Ecozone |
Biome |
Species |
Report |
Climate |
Land
Use |
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Arabian Desert and East Sahero-Arabian xeric shrublands |
Saudi Arabia, Oman, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Egypt , Iraq, Jordan, Syria |
Palearctic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Baluchistan xeric woodlands |
Pakistan, Afghanistan |
Palearctic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Central Persian desert basins |
Iran, Afghanistan |
Palearctic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Gulf of Oman desert and semi-desert |
Oman, United Arab Emirates |
Afrotropic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Kuh Rud and Eastern Iran montane woodlands |
Iran |
Palearctic |
Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
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Mediterranean conifer and mixed forests |
Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia |
Palearctic |
Temperate Coniferous Forests |
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Mediterranean dry woodlands and steppe |
Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia |
Palearctic |
Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub |
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Nile Delta flooded savanna |
Egypt |
Palearctic |
Flooded Grasslands and Savannas |
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North Saharan steppe and woodlands |
Egypt, Libya, Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, Western Sahara, Mauritania |
Palearctic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Northwestern thorn scrub forests |
India, Pakistan |
Indo-Malayan |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Red Sea coastal desert |
Egypt, Sudan |
Palearctic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Red Sea Nubo-Sindian tropical desert and semi-desert |
Egypt, Jordan, Saudia Arabia, Yemen, Oman |
Palearctic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Registan-North Pakistan sandy desert |
Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran |
Palearctic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Sahara desert |
Egypt, Sudan, Libya, Algeria, Mauritania, Mali, Chad, Niger |
Palearctic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Saharan halophytics |
Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria, Mauritania, Western Sahara |
Palearctic |
Flooded Grasslands and Savannas |
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Sahelian Acacia savanna |
Senegal, Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad, Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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South Iran Nubo-Sindian desert and semi-desert |
Iran, Iraq, Pakistan |
Palearctic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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South Saharan steppe and woodlands |
Mauritania, Mali, Algeria, Niger, Chad, Sudan |
Palearctic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Southwestern Arabian foothills savanna |
Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Oman |
Afrotropic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Sulaiman Range alpine meadows |
Afghanistan, Pakistan |
Palearctic |
Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
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Tibesti-Jebel Uweinat montane xeric woodlands |
Chad, Libya |
Palearctic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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West Saharan montane xeric woodlands |
Algeria, Niger, Mali, Mauritania |
Palearctic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Location |
IBA Criteria |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
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Arâguîb el Jahfa |
Mauritania |
A1, A3 |
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Baie d'Ad Dakhla |
Morocco |
A1, A3, A4i, A4iii |
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Béni Abbès |
Algeria |
A3 |
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Chegga |
Mauritania |
A3 |
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Dakhla area |
Morocco |
A3, A4i |
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Dana: Feinan |
Jordan |
A1, A2, A3, B1iv, B2, B3 |
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El Ghallâouîya |
Mauritania |
A1, A3 |
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El Mréiti |
Mauritania |
A1, A3 |
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El Qasr desert |
Egypt |
A3 |
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Fada Archei |
Chad |
A3 |
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Gebel Elba |
Egypt |
A3 |
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Gebel Maghara |
Egypt |
A1, A3 |
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Ibi (Graret el Frass) |
Mauritania |
A1, A3 |
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Jbel Krouz |
Morocco |
A3 |
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Jiddat al Harasis |
Oman |
A1, A3, B2 |
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Kairouan plains |
Tunisia |
A3 |
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Kavir region |
Iran, Islamic Republic of |
A3, B2, B3 |
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Kediet ej Jill |
Mauritania |
A1, A3 |
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Ma'rib: Naqil Fardah: Baraqish |
Yemen |
A3, B2, B3 |
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Merzouga/Tamezguidat |
Morocco |
A1, A3, A4i |
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Msseyed |
Morocco |
A1, A3, A4i |
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Nabq Protected Area |
Egypt |
A3 |
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NNR Aïr: Ténéré |
Niger |
A1, A3 |
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Ouadi Rimé: Ouadi Achim |
Chad |
A1, A3 |
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Oued Mird |
Morocco |
A3 |
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Parc National de l'Ahaggar |
Algeria |
A1, A3 |
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Parc National de Souss-Massa and Aglou |
Morocco |
A1, A3, A4i |
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Parc National du Tassili N'Ajjer |
Algeria |
A3 |
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Piste de Tagdilt |
Morocco |
A3 |
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Quseima |
Egypt |
A3 |
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Registan desert |
Afghanistan |
A1, A3 |
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St Katherine Protectorate |
Egypt |
A3 |
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Tamreïkat |
Mauritania |
A1, A3 |
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The Abraq area |
Egypt |
A3 |
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Tibesti massif |
Chad |
A3 |
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Tinigart |
Mauritania |
A1, A3 |
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Wad Initi |
Mauritania |
A1, A3 |
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Wadi Gerafi |
Egypt |
A3 |
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Wadi Halfa |
Sudan |
A3 |
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Wagchogda |
Mauritania |
A1, A3 |
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Zone Humide de Laayoune |
Morocco |
A4i |
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| Name |
Location |
Endemic |
Species |
Website |
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Horn of Africa |
Djibouti, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Oman, Somalia, Yemen |
No |
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Mediterranean Basin |
Algeria, Egypt, France, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Portugal, Spain, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey |
No |
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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 ♦ 5del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. ♦ 6Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London 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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