sandgrouse

See also: sand-grouse and sand grouse

English

Double-banded sandgrouse (Pterocles bicinctus)

Alternative forms

• sand grouse, sand-grouse

Etymology

From sand +‎ grouse.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsændˌɡɹaʊs/

Noun

sandgrouse (plural sandgrouse or sandgrouses)

1. Any of several species of birds in the order Pteroclidiformes.

Derived terms

• black-bellied sandgrouse, Pterocles orientalis
• black-faced sandgrouse, Pterocles decoratus
• Burchell's sandgrouse, Pterocles burchelli
• chestnut-bellied sandgrouse, Pterocles exustus
• crowned sandgrouse, Pterocles coronatus
• double-banded sandgrouse, Pterocles bicinctus
• four-banded sandgrouse, Pterocles quadricinctus
• Lichtenstein's sandgrouse, Pterocles lichtensteinii
• Madagascar sandgrouse, Pterocles personatus
• Namaqua sandgrouse, Pterocles namaqua
• painted sandgrouse, Pterocles indicus
• Pallas's sandgrouse, Syrrhaptes paradoxus
• pin-tailed sandgrouse, Pterocles alchata
• spotted sandgrouse, Pterocles senegallus
• Tibetan sandgrouse, Syrrhaptes tibetanus
• yellow-throated sandgrouse, Pterocles gutturalis

Translations

birds in the family Pteroclididae

• Arabic: قَطًا (qaṭan)
• Catalan: ganga f
• Cornish: tewesyar f
• Czech: stepokur
• Dutch: zandhoen (nl) n
• Finnish: hietakyyhky (fi)
• French: ganga (fr) m
• Galician: cortizol m
• German: Flughuhn n
• Greek: περιστερόκοτα f (peristerókota)
• Hungarian: nyílfarkú pusztaityúk
• Navajo: séí naaʼahóóhai
• Ottoman Turkish: قطا (kata)
• Persian: اسپرود (fa) (esparud), باقرقره (fa) (bâqerqere), کوکر (kukar)
• Spanish: ganga (es) f
• Swedish: flyghöna c, flyghöns n
• Turkish: bağırtlak (tr)
• Urdu: بهٿ تیتر (bhaṭ-tītar), بر تیتر (bar-tītar), بن تیتر (ban-tītar)

Further reading

• sandgrouse on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Pteroclididae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Anagrams

• nose guards, noseguards