Birds of India - The New Synopsis

A complete checklist of bird species and subspecies found in India

Pterocliformes (Sandgrouses)

Pteroclidae (Sandgrouses)

• Syrrhaptes Illiger, 1811 Prodromus systematis mammalium et avium: additis terminis zoographicis utriusque classis, eorumque versione germanica p.243 Tetrao paradoxus Lin. Gmel. ; Type by monotypy = Tetrao paradoxa Pallas, 1773
  • 125. Pallas's Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes paradoxus (Pallas, 1773) [HB#485a]
    Original Description: Tetrao paradoxa Pallas, 1773 Reise durch verschiedene Provinzen des Russischen Reichs 2 p.712
    Distribution: Vagrant. Occurred once historically in Gajner (Rajasthan).
    Specimens: BNHS
    IUCN: Least Concern. WLPA: Schedule-II.
    Notes: Specimen in BNHS (#13185).
  
  
  • 126. Tibetan Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes tibetanus Gould, 1850 [HB#485]
    Original Description: Syrrhaptes tibetanus Gould, 1850 The birds of Asia 6 pt2 pl.6, text {pl.61 bnd.vol.} (Tsomoriri Lake, Ladakh)
    Distribution: E Ladakh, Spiti region (Himachal), and N Sikkim.
    Type Specimen: NHMUK#1851.7.2.1 (Holotype).
    Specimens: BNHS, NHMUK, UMMZ, AMNH, FMNH, USNM
    IUCN: Least Concern. WLPA: Schedule-II.
  
  
• Pterocles Temminck, 1815 Histoire naturelle générale des pigeons et des gallinacés, accompagné de planches anatomiques 3 p.238,712 Tetrao alchata Linnaeus, 1766; Type by subsequent designation (Gray, 1840, A list of the genera of birds, with an indication of the typical species of each genus, p.62)
  • 127. Pin-tailed Sandgrouse Pterocles alchata (Linnaeus, 1766)
    Original Description: Tetrao Alchata Linnaeus, 1766 Systema Naturæ. Editio duodecima reformata. Tomus I [part 1] p.276
    Alternative Names: Large Pintail Sandgrouse
    IUCN: Least Concern. WLPA: Schedule-II.
    • 127a. Pterocles alchata caudacutus (Gmelin, 1774) [HB#486]
      Original Description: Tetrao caudacutus Gmelin, 1774 Reise durch Russland zur Untersuchung der drey Natur-Reiche 3 p.93 pl.18
      Distribution: Vagrant. Historically from Najafgarh (Delhi), Faruknagar (Haryana), Bikaner (Rajasthan), Naraina near Jaipur (Rajasthan), and Deesa (Gujarat) – possibly from Ludhiana (Punjab) and Jodhpur (Rajasthan).
      Specimens: BNHS, AMNH, MCZ, ROM
      Notes: No authentic record since 1902.
  
  
  • 128. Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles exustus Temminck, 1825
    Original Description: Pterocles exustus Temminck, 1825 Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux, pour servir de suite et de complément aux planches enluminées de Buffon livr.60 pl.354; livr.61, pl.360
    Alternative Names: Common Indian Sandgrouse, Indian Sandgrouse
    IUCN: Least Concern. SoIB: Low. WLPA: Schedule-II.
    • 128a. Pterocles exustus hindustan Meinertzhagen, 1923 [HB#487]
      Original Description: Pterocles senegalensis hindustan Meinertzhagen, 1923 Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 43 p.158 (Sambhar, Rajasthan)
      Taxonomy: AR2001 treats it as a synonym of extralimital erlangeri Neumann 1909.
      Distribution: Most of the western half of the country from Jammu in the north, till the southern tip of the peninsula; avoids both E and W coast, W Ghats, and occurs only up to Bihar, Jharkhand and adjoining S W Bengal in E India.
      Type Specimen: AMNH#547832 (Holotype).
      Specimens: BNHS, UMMZ, AMNH, FMNH, MCZ, ROM, USNM, YPM, HYD
  
  
  • 129. Spotted Sandgrouse Pterocles senegallus (Linnaeus, 1771) [HB#488]
    Original Description: Tetrao senegallus Linnaeus, 1771 Mantissa plantarum altera generum editionis VI et specierum editionis II p.526
    Taxonomy: Includes remotus Neumann 1934 from Kunaria, Kachchh, Gujarat.
    Distribution: Winter: Greater Rann of Kachchh (Gujarat) and around Desert National Park (Rajasthan); sporadically in Bikaner (Rajasthan) and Little Rann of Kachchh (Gujarat). Historically, in Punjab and Saurashtra (Gujarat) as well.
    Specimens: BNHS, FMNH
    IUCN: Least Concern. WLPA: Schedule-II.
  
  
  • 130. Black-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles orientalis (Linnaeus, 1758)
    Original Description: Tetrao orientalis Linnaeus, 1758 Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1 p.161
    Alternative Names: Imperial Sandgrouse
    IUCN: Least Concern. WLPA: Schedule-II.
    • 130a. Pterocles orientalis arenarius (Pallas, 1775) [HB#489]
      Original Description: Tetrao arenarius Pallas, 1775 Novi Commentarii Academiae Scientiarum Imperialis Petropolitanae 19 p.418 pl.8
      Taxonomy: Includes enigmaticus Neumann 1934 from the Rann of Kachchh. AR2001 includes arenarius under the extralimital nominate subspecies.
      Distribution: Winter: E Rajasthan. Historically more widespread, with reports from Jammu, Punjab, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, and Madhya Pradesh. Claimed to have straggled as far as south as Karnataka – no verifiable records.
      Specimens: BNHS, FMNH, MCZ, USNM, YPM
  
  
  • 131. Painted Sandgrouse Pterocles indicus (Gmelin, 1789) [HB#492]
    Original Description: Tetrao indicus Gmelin, 1789 Systema Naturae. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Cura Jo. Frid. Gmelin (etc.). Tomus I. Pars II 1 pt2 p.755 (Coromandel, India)
    Distribution: Western half of the country from Haryana and Rajasthan south till N Tamil Nadu and east till Chhattisgarh. Absent in W coast, W Ghats, most of E coast, and E India.
    Specimens: BNHS, ZSI, UMZC, AMNH, FMNH, MCZ, ROM, USNM, YPM, HYD
    IUCN: Least Concern. SoIB: Moderate. WLPA: Schedule-II.