Madagascar Sandgrouse
Pterocles personatus
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Birds
The Madagascar sandgrouse is a species of bird in the family Pteroclidae. It is endemic to Madagascar and is a ground-dwelling short-legged plump bird. The head of the male is brown with a black area surrounding the beak. It has a pinkish-buff coloured breast, a light brown mottled back, brown wings and paler underparts barred with dark brown. The female has a generally duller appearance being cryptically coloured brown with dark specks and bars.
Classification
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Pterocliformes
- Family
- Pteroclidae
- Genus
- Pterocles