Pteroclidiformes (order)
Esquema
Jerarquía
Eukaryota (domain) > Animalia (kingdom) > Chordata (phylum) > Vertebrata (subphylum) > Aves (class)
Descripción
Order containing 16 species in one family of stocky, pigeon-like ground birds with short legs, fast flight, and feeding upon seeds and insects in the deserts of Africa and Asia.
URI original del concepto
Otros términos
- sandgrouses [en]
- sandgrouse [en]