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Pterocles personatus, Print, The Madagascan sandgrouse (Pterocles personatus) is a species of bird in the family Pteroclididae. It is endemic to Madagascar and is a ground-dwelling short-legged plump bird. The head of the male is brown with a black area surrounding the beak. He has a pinkish-buff coloured breast, a light brown mottled back, brown wings and paler underparts barred with dark brown. The female has a generally duller appearance being cryptically coloured brown with dark specks and bars., 1820-1860.

Pterocles personatus, Print, The Madagascan sandgrouse (Pterocles personatus) is a species of bird in the family Pteroclididae. It is endemic to Madagascar and is a ground-dwelling short-legged plump bird. The head of the male is brown with a black area surrounding the beak. He has a pinkish-buff coloured breast, a light brown mottled back, brown wings and paler underparts barred with dark brown. The female has a generally duller appearance being cryptically coloured brown with dark specks and bars., 1820-1860.
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Pterocles personatus, Print, The Madagascan sandgrouse (Pterocles personatus) is a species of bird in the family Pteroclididae. It is endemic to Madagascar and is a ground-dwelling short-legged plump bird. The head of the male is brown with a black area surrounding the beak. He has a pinkish-buff coloured breast, a light brown mottled back, brown wings and paler underparts barred with dark brown. The female has a generally duller appearance being cryptically coloured brown with dark specks and bars., 1820-1860
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29.2 x 38.9 cm | 11.5 x 15.3 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
1820-1860 • ANATOMY: HEAD • BARS • BEAK • BIRD • BLACK AREA SURROUNDING • BROWN WINGS • BROWN • CRYPTICALLY COLOURED BROWN • DARK BROWN • DARK SPECKS • ENDEMIC • FAMILIAR • FAMILY • FEMALE • FEMALES • GENERALLY DULLER APPEARANCE • GROUND-DWELLING SHORT-LEGGED PLUMP BIRD • HEAD (ANATOMY) • HEAD (BODY) • HEAD • LIGHT BROWN MOTTLED BACK • MADAGASCAN SANDGROUSE • MADAGASCAR • MALE • MASCULINE • PALER UNDERPARTS BARRED • PINKISH-BUFF COLOURED BREAST • PRINT • PTEROCLES PERSONATUS • PTEROCLIDIDAE • SPECIES