Tibetan Sandgrouse
Syrrhaptes tibetanus
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Birds
The Tibetan sandgrouse (Syrrhaptes tibetanus) is a large bird in the sandgrouse family. The genus name Syrrhaptes is from Ancient Greek surrhaptos, "sewn together" and tibetanus is from the type locality, Tibet.
Classification
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Pterocliformes
- Family
- Pteroclidae
- Genus
- Syrrhaptes