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Pterocliformes / Pteroclidae / Pterocles

Black-faced Sandgrouse

Pterocles decoratus

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (blfsan1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Pterocliformes
Family: Pteroclidae
Genus: Pterocles

Subspecies (3)

Pterocles decoratus decoratus

savanna and coastal dunes of southeastern Kenya and eastern Tanzania
Pterocles decoratus ellenbecki

northern Kenya, southern Ethiopia, and southern Somalia
Pterocles decoratus loveridgei

western Kenya and western Tanzania

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (blfsan1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.