Pteroclidiformes (order)

Esquema

Getty AAT: Living organisms

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

http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300310283

Otros términos

  • sandgrouses [en]
  • sandgrouse [en]