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Yellow throated sandgrouse

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Pteroclidiformes

Genus
  
Pterocles

Higher classification
  
Pterocles

Phylum
  
Chordata

Family
  
Pteroclididae

Scientific name
  
Pterocles gutturalis

Rank
  
Species

Yellow-throated sandgrouse Yellowthroated Sandgrouse Pictures Yellowthroated Sandgrouse

Similar
  
Sandgrouse, Bird, Double‑banded sandgrouse, Pterocles, Black‑faced sandgrouse

The yellow-throated sandgrouse (Pterocles gutturalis) is a species of bird in the family Pteroclididae.

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Range

It is found in Angola, Botswana, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

Subspecies

There are two accepted subspecies:

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  • P. g. subsp. saturatior E.J.O.Hartert, 1900 – Ethiopia to northern Zambia
  • P. g. subsp. gutturalis A. Smith, 1836 – southern Zambia and Angola to northern South Africa

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    References

    Yellow-throated sandgrouse Wikipedia
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