Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Arabic | قطا عراقي |
| Armenian | Սպիտակափոր դռլոն |
| Asturian | Corteza de vientre blancu |
| Azerbaijani | Ağqarın bağrıqara |
| Basque | Ganga azpizuria |
| Bulgarian | Шилоопашата пустинарка |
| Catalan | ganga eurasiàtica |
| Croatian | zelenkasta sadža |
| Czech | stepokur krásný |
| Danish | Spidshalet Sandhøne |
| Dutch | Witbuikzandhoen |
| English | Pin-tailed Sandgrouse |
| English (United States) | Pin-tailed Sandgrouse |
| French | Ganga cata |
| French (France) | Ganga cata |
| Galician | Cortizol ibérico |
| German | Spießflughuhn |
| Greek | Βελονόουρη Περιστερόκοτα |
| Hebrew | קטה חדת-זנב |
| Hungarian | Nyílfarkú pusztaityúk |
| Icelandic | Auðnaspjátra |
| Italian | Grandule |
| Japanese | シロハラサケイ |
| Lithuanian | Baltapilvė smiltvištė |
| Norwegian | hvitbuksandhøne |
| Persian | باقرقره شکم سفید |
| Polish | stepówka białobrzucha |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Ganga |
| Romanian | Găinușă cu suliță |
| Russian | Белобрюхий рябок |
| Serbian | Belotrba sadža |
| Slovak | stepiar bielobruchý |
| Slovenian | Biserna stepska kokoška |
| Spanish | Ganga Ibérica |
| Spanish (Spain) | Ganga ibérica |
| Swedish | vitbukig flyghöna |
| Turkish | Kılkuyruk Bağırtlak |
| Ukrainian | Рябок білочеревий |
Pterocles alchata (Linnaeus, 1766)
PROTONYM:
Tetrao Alchata
Linnaeus, 1766. Systema Naturæ. Editio duodecima reformata. Tomus I [part 1], p.276.
TYPE LOCALITY:
'Monspelii, in Pyrenaeis, Sjnria, Arabia' = southwestern Europe, from the first revisor, Bogdanow, Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. St. Petersb., 27, 1881, col. 165-167.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- PTEROCLES
- pterocles
- alchata
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Pin-tailed Sandgrouse Pterocles alchata Scientific name definitions
Eduardo de Juana, Guy M. Kirwan, and Carlos A. Martín
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated March 14, 2016
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated March 14, 2016
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Revision History
Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- Pin-tailed Sandgrouse Pterocles alchata
Authors
Eduardo de Juana, Guy M. Kirwan, and Carlos A. Martín
Recommended Citation
de Juana, E., G. M. Kirwan, and C.A. Martín (2020). Pin-tailed Sandgrouse (Pterocles alchata), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.pitsan1.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- March 14, 2016
- Pin-tailed Sandgrouse Pterocles alchata
Authors
Eduardo de Juana, Guy M. Kirwan, and Carlos A. Martín
Revisors
Guy M. Kirwan and Carlos A. Martín
Recommended Citation
de Juana, E., G. M. Kirwan, and C.A. Martín (2016). Pin-tailed Sandgrouse (Pterocles alchata). In Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
