sandgrouse
noun
sand·grouse
ˈsan(d)-ˌgrau̇s 
: any of numerous birds (family Pteroclididae) of arid parts of southern Europe, Asia, and Africa that have precocial downy young and are related to the shorebirds and the pigeons
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Almost concurrently, there has been a dip in the appearance of the sandgrouse, a migratory bird visiting from Central Asia.
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Azera Parveen Rahman, Quartz, 27 Oct. 2022
The sandgrouse is a ground-dwelling bird that lives in arid and semi-arid habitats.
—Azera Parveen Rahman, Quartz, 27 Oct. 2022
And yet, in 2016, ornithologists were overjoyed to have spotted the black-bellied sandgrouse after a period of five years in Jaisalmer.
—Azera Parveen Rahman, Quartz, 27 Oct. 2022
Her own research has found that, on weekends in Spain, birds like little bustards and pin-tailed sandgrouse change their behavior in response to more people flocking to the countryside.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Smithsonian, 14 June 2018
The sandgrouse, a relative of the pigeon, lives in arid parts of Africa, Madagascar, southern Europe, and southern and Central Asia.
—National Geographic, 7 Apr. 2018
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Azera Parveen Rahman, Quartz, 27 Oct. 2022
The sandgrouse is a ground-dwelling bird that lives in arid and semi-arid habitats.
—Azera Parveen Rahman, Quartz, 27 Oct. 2022
And yet, in 2016, ornithologists were overjoyed to have spotted the black-bellied sandgrouse after a period of five years in Jaisalmer.
—Azera Parveen Rahman, Quartz, 27 Oct. 2022
Her own research has found that, on weekends in Spain, birds like little bustards and pin-tailed sandgrouse change their behavior in response to more people flocking to the countryside.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Smithsonian, 14 June 2018
The sandgrouse, a relative of the pigeon, lives in arid parts of Africa, Madagascar, southern Europe, and southern and Central Asia.
—National Geographic, 7 Apr. 2018
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