Pterocliformes / Pteroclidae / Pterocles

Crowned Sandgrouse

Pterocles coronatus

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

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Pterocles coronatus atratus

southern Arabia, Iraq, and southern Iran to western Pakistan and Afghanistan
Pterocles coronatus coronatus

central Sahara to Mediterranean and Morocco eastward to Red Sea
Pterocles coronatus ladas

northern Pakistan (Kashmir) and adjacent India
Pterocles coronatus saturatus

mountains of interior of Oman
Pterocles coronatus vastitas

Sinai Peninsula and desert of southern Israel and Jordan

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.