sandgrouse
Noun
Meaning
pigeon-like bird of arid regions of the Old World having long pointed wings and tail and precocial downy young
Source: WordNetSynonyms
Antonyms
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
pin-tailed sandgrouse
pallas's sandgrouse
pin-tailed grouse
Pterocles alchata
painted sandgrouse
Pterocles indicus
Phrases with the word
Namaqua sandgrouse
spotted sandgrouse
Tibetan sandgrouse
yellow-throated sandgrouse
black-faced sandgrouse
Burchell's sandgrouse
Examples
Nesting sandgrouse and many plovers carry water to their young by wetting their belly feathers. citation Some birds carry water for chicks at the nest in their crop or regurgitate it along with food.
Pteroclidiformes Sandgrouses *Fayyum sandgrouse, Pterocles exustus floweri (Fayyum area, Egypt, late 20th century?) :This subspecies of the chestnut-bellied sandgrouse was last recorded in 1979 and is likely to have gone extinct since.