Syrrhaptes paradoxus (Pallas’s Sandgrouse)

Pallas’s Sandgrouse

Dutch: Steppehoen

Order: Pteroclidiformes
Family: Pteroclididae
Genus: Syrrhaptes
Species: Syrrhaptes paradoxus




Side, top and bottom view of skull. (Click on image to enlarge)

Length: 38 mm
Length cranium: 24 mm
Width (cranium): 18 mm
Height (cranium): 17 mm
Alternative names: Steppenhuhn (German), Syrrhapte paradoxal (French), Ganga de Pallas (Spanish)


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