Pterocles alchata
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Scientific classification
- name：Pterocles alchata
- Aliases：Pterocles alchata
- Outline：Landfowl
- Family：Pigeoniformes Psammophyllidae Psammophyllus
Vital signs
- length：About 28 cm
- Weight：No textual research information is available
- lifetime：No textual research information is available
Feature
Details
Pterocles alchata, or Pterocles alchata, lives in flat, dry areas, and the delicate markings on its feathers protect it from sand, pebbles and sparse vegetation. Swarm activity, sometimes in small, loose colonies; Running on short legs to forage for seeds, buds and leaves, the male birds often fly far away to float on the water to drink, and the soft feathers on the chest carry water to feed the chicks.
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Location
Breeding occurs in Portugal, Spain, southern France, northern Africa, the Middle East, and Central Asia, with the Central Asian population wintering in Pakistan and the western half of the Indian Peninsula.
Form
The mouth is small, the upper part is raised, the nostrils are extended, the base is almost covered by the forehead feathers, the wings are long and pointed, the tail length is moderate, the central pair of tail feathers are sometimes extended, the front of the tarsus is feathered, the posterior mask is reticulate, the toes are short bare hairless, with the posterior toes.
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