Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Pteroclidiformes > Pteroclididae > Pterocles > Pterocles decoratusPterocles decoratus (Black-faced Sandgrouse)The black-faced sandgrouse (Pterocles decoratus) is a species of bird in the Pteroclididae family.It is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania, and Uganda. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 19.4984 EDGE Score: 3.02034 |
| Adult Weight [1] | 183 grams | | Birth Weight [2] | 14 grams |  | | 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
Use |
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Central Zambezian Miombo woodlands |
Tanzania, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, Zambia, Malawi |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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East African montane forests |
Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Eastern Arc forests |
Tanzania, Kenya |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Itigi-Sumbu thicket |
Tanzania, Zambia |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Masai xeric grasslands and shrublands |
Kenya |
Afrotropic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Northern Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets |
Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Northern Zanzibar-Inhambane coastal forest mosaic |
Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Serengeti volcanic grasslands |
Tanzania |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Somali Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets |
Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Southern Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets |
Tanzania, Kenya |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Southern Rift montane forest-grassland mosaic |
Malawi, Tanzania |
Afrotropic |
Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
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| Name |
Location |
IBA Criteria |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
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Aangole: Farbiito |
Somalia |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Abijatta: Shalla Lakes National Park |
Ethiopia |
A1, A3, A4i, A4iii |
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Amboseli National Park |
Kenya |
A3 |
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Arbowerow |
Somalia |
A3, A4iii |
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Arusha National Park |
Tanzania |
A1, A2, A3, A4i, A4iii |
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Awash National Park |
Ethiopia |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Balcad Nature Reserve |
Somalia |
A2, A3 |
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Boja swamps |
Somalia |
A3 |
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Buulobarde |
Somalia |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Chyulu Hills forests |
Kenya |
A1, A2 |
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Dida Galgalu desert |
Kenya |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Far Waamo |
Somalia |
A1, A2, A3, A4i, A4iii |
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Jasiira lagoon and Muqdisho islets |
Somalia |
A1, A2, A3, A4i |
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Jowhar: Warshiikh |
Somalia |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Laag Badaana |
Somalia |
A1, A3 |
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Laag Dheere |
Somalia |
A3 |
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Lake Eyasi |
Tanzania |
A1, A4i, A4iii |
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Lake Magadi |
Kenya |
A1, A4i, A4iii |
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Lake Manyara National Park |
Tanzania |
A1, A2, A3, A4i, A4iii |
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Lake Natron and Engaruka basin |
Tanzania |
A1, A3, A4i, A4iii |
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Liben plains and Negele woodlands |
Ethiopia |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Longido Game Controlled Area |
Tanzania |
A1, A3, A4i |
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Lower Wabi Shebelle river and Warder |
Ethiopia |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Masai Mara |
Kenya |
A1, A2 |
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Maswa Game Reserve |
Tanzania |
A1, A2 |
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Meru National Park |
Kenya |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Mkomazi Game Reserve |
Tanzania |
A1, A3 |
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Nairobi National Park |
Kenya |
A1, A2, A4ii |
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Ngorongoro Conservation Area |
Tanzania |
A1, A2, A3, A4i, A4ii, A4iii |
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Nyumba ya Mungu reservoir |
Tanzania |
A1, A3, A4i |
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Ol Donyo Sabache |
Kenya |
A1 |
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Ruaha National Park |
Tanzania |
A3, A4i |
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Samburu and Buffalo Springs National Reserves |
Kenya |
A3 |
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Serengeti National Park |
Tanzania |
A1, A2, A3, A4i, A4iii |
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Shaba National Reserve |
Kenya |
A1, A2, A3 |
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South Nguruman |
Kenya |
A1, A2 |
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Tana River Delta |
Kenya |
A1, A3, A4i, A4iii |
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Tarangire National Park |
Tanzania |
A1, A2, A3, A4i |
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Tsavo East National Park |
Kenya |
A1, A3 |
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Tsavo West National Park |
Kenya |
A1, A3 |
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Usangu flats |
Tanzania |
A1, A3, A4i |
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Wembere steppe |
Tanzania |
A1, A2, A3, A4i, A4iii |
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Xawaadley reservoir |
Somalia |
A3, A4i, A4iii |
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Yangudi-Rassa National Park |
Ethiopia |
A1, A3 |
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| Name |
Location |
Endemic |
Species |
Website |
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Coastal Forests of Eastern Africa |
Kenya, Mozambique, Somalia, Tanzania |
No |
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Eastern Afromontane |
Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zimbabwe |
No |
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Horn of Africa |
Djibouti, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Oman, Somalia, Yemen |
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 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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