EditorialPin-tailed sandgrouse, Pterocles alchata. Illustration copied from George Edwards. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from "The Naturalist's Pocket Magazine," Harrison, London, 1800.
EditorialBlack grouse, Tetrao tetrix, western Capercaillie, Tetrao urogallus, and pin-tailed sandgrouse, Pterocles alchata. Handcoloured engraving on steel by Manceau after a drawing by Edouard Travies from Richard's "New Edition of the Complete Works of Buffon...
EditorialPterocles 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 are...
EditorialPterocles alchata, Print, The pin-tailed sandgrouse (Pterocles alchata) is a medium large bird in the sandgrouse family. It has a small, pigeon like head and neck and a sturdy, compact body. It has long pointed wings, which are white underneath, a long...
EditorialPterocles fasciatus, Print, Pterocles is a genus of near passerine birds in the sandgrouse family. It includes all the species in the family except for two central Asian species in Syrrhaptes, 1700-1880.
EditorialPterocles alchata, Print, The pin-tailed sandgrouse (Pterocles alchata) is a medium large bird in the sandgrouse family. It has a small, pigeon like head and neck and a sturdy, compact body. It has long pointed wings, which are white underneath, a long...
EditorialPterocles variegatus, Print, Pterocles is a genus of near passerine birds in the sandgrouse family. It includes all the species in the family except for two central Asian species in Syrrhaptes, 1820-1860.
EditorialPterocles alchata, Print, The pin-tailed sandgrouse (Pterocles alchata) is a medium large bird in the sandgrouse family. It has a small, pigeon like head and neck and a sturdy, compact body. It has long pointed wings, which are white underneath, a long...
EditorialPterocles alchata, Print, The pin-tailed sandgrouse (Pterocles alchata) is a medium large bird in the sandgrouse family. It has a small, pigeon like head and neck and a sturdy, compact body. It has long pointed wings, which are white underneath, a long...
EditorialButeo pterocles, Print, Buteo is a genus of medium to fairly large, wide-ranging raptors with a robust body and broad wings. In the Old World, members of this genus are called "buzzards.
EditorialPterocles coronatus, Print, The crowned sandgrouse (Pterocles coronatus) is a species of bird in the sandgrouse family, the Pteroclididae from North Africa and the Middle East., 1700-1880.
EditorialPterocles arenarius, Print, Pterocles is a genus of near passerine birds in the sandgrouse family. It includes all the species in the family except for two central Asian species in Syrrhaptes, 1700-1880.
EditorialPterocles namaqua, Print, The Namaqua sandgrouse (Pterocles namaqua), is a species of ground-dwelling bird in the sandgrouse family. It is found in arid regions of south-western Africa., 1820-1860.
EditorialPterocles alchata, Print, The pin-tailed sandgrouse (Pterocles alchata) is a medium large bird in the sandgrouse family. It has a small, pigeon like head and neck and a sturdy, compact body. It has long pointed wings, which are white underneath, a long...
EditorialPterocles exustus, Print, The chestnut-bellied sandgrouse (Pterocles exustus) is a species of sandgrouse. They are found in sparse, bushy, arid land which is common in central and northern Africa, and southern Asia. Though they live in hot, arid climat...
EditorialPterocles alchata, Print, The pin-tailed sandgrouse (Pterocles alchata) is a medium large bird in the sandgrouse family. It has a small, pigeon like head and neck and a sturdy, compact body. It has long pointed wings, which are white underneath, a long...
EditorialPterocles lichtensteinii, Print, The Lichtenstein's sandgrouse (Pterocles lichtensteinii) is a species of bird in the Pteroclididae family, which is named after Martin Lichtenstein. They are nomadic, mostly nocturnal birds, which drink before dawn and ...
EditorialButeo pterocles, Print, Buteo is a genus of medium to fairly large, wide-ranging raptors with a robust body and broad wings. In the Old World, members of this genus are called "buzzards.
EditorialPterocles bicinctus, Print, The double-banded sandgrouse (Pterocles bicinctus) is a species of ground-living bird in the family Pteroclididae. It is found in arid parts of southern Africa., 1825-1834.
EditorialPterocles coronatus, Print, The crowned sandgrouse (Pterocles coronatus) is a species of bird in the sandgrouse family, the Pteroclididae from North Africa and the Middle East.
EditorialPterocles senegallus, Print, The spotted sandgrouse (Pterocles senegallus) is a species of ground dwelling bird in the family Pteroclididae. It is found in arid regions of northern and eastern Africa and across the Middle East and parts of Asia as far ...
EditorialPterocles exustus, Print, The chestnut-bellied sandgrouse (Pterocles exustus) is a species of sandgrouse. They are found in sparse, bushy, arid land which is common in central and northern Africa, and southern Asia. Though they live in hot, arid climat...
EditorialPterocles gutturalis, Print, The yellow-throated sandgrouse (Pterocles gutturalis) is a species of bird in the family Pteroclididae., 1820-1860.
EditorialPterocles arenarius, Print, Pterocles is a genus of near passerine birds in the sandgrouse family. It includes all the species in the family except for two central Asian species in Syrrhaptes, 1700-1880.
EditorialPterocles arenarius, Print, Pterocles is a genus of near passerine birds in the sandgrouse family. It includes all the species in the family except for two central Asian species in Syrrhaptes, 1700-1880.
EditorialPterocles arenarius, Print, Pterocles is a genus of near passerine birds in the sandgrouse family. It includes all the species in the family except for two central Asian species in Syrrhaptes, 1750-1776.
EditorialPterocles alchata, Print, The pin-tailed sandgrouse (Pterocles alchata) is a medium large bird in the sandgrouse family. It has a small, pigeon like head and neck and a sturdy, compact body. It has long pointed wings, which are white underneath, a long...
EditorialPterocles lichtensteinii, Print, The Lichtenstein's sandgrouse (Pterocles lichtensteinii) is a species of bird in the Pteroclididae family, which is named after Martin Lichtenstein. They are nomadic, mostly nocturnal birds, which drink before dawn and ...
EditorialPterocles senegallus, Print, The spotted sandgrouse (Pterocles senegallus) is a species of ground dwelling bird in the family Pteroclididae. It is found in arid regions of northern and eastern Africa and across the Middle East and parts of Asia as far ...
EditorialPterocles namaqua (Namaqua sandgrouse). Draughtsman: Robert Jacob Gordon. Dating: c. Nov-1778. Measurements: h 660 mm ? w 480 mm; h 213 mm ? w 340 mm.
Editorial(above). Sandgrouse ‘(pterocles exustus)’ (below). Adjutant bird ‘(leptoptilus dubius)’. Vaki'at-i Baburi, the Memoirs of Babur, translated from the Turki original by Mirza 'Abd al-Rahim, Khan-i khanan. One hundred and forty-three miniatures (...
Editorial(above). Sandgrouse ‘(pterocles exustus)’ (below). Adjutant bird ‘(leptoptilus dubius)’. Vaki'at-i Baburi, the Memoirs of Babur, translated from the Turki original by Mirza 'Abd al-Rahim, Khan-i khanan. One hundred and forty-three miniatures (...
EditorialDouble-banded sandgrouse, Pterocles bicinctus, female (Three-banded sandgrouse, Pterocles tricinctus). Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after William Swainson from Sir William Jardine's Naturalist's Library: Ornithology: Birds of Western ...
EditorialPin-tailed sandgrouse, Pterocles alchata, and buttonquail, Turnix sylvaticus. Handcoloured engraving by Fournier after an illustration by Edouard Travies from Charles d'Orbigny's Dictionnaire Universel d'Histoire Naturelle (Dictionary of Natural Histor...
EditorialSpotted sandgrouse, Pterocles senegallus (Senegal grous, Tetrao senegalensis). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodder's "The Naturalist's Miscellany," London,...
EditorialBlack-bellied sand grouse, Pterocles orientalis (Sand partridge, Tetrao arenaria). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodder's The Naturalist's Miscellany, Londo...
EditorialBlack grouse, Tetrao tetrix, western Capercaillie, Tetrao urogallus, and pin-tailed sandgrouse, Pterocles alchata. Handcoloured engraving on steel by Manceau after a drawing by Edouard Travies from Richard's "New Edition of the Complete Works of Buffon...
EditorialPin-tailed sandgrouse, Pterocles alchata. Illustration copied from George Edwards. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from "The Naturalist's Pocket Magazine," Harrison, London, 1800.