Tibetan Sandgrouse
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| Tibetan Sandgrouse | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Columbiformes |
| Family: | Pteroclididae |
| Genus: | Syrrhaptes |
| Species: | S. tibetanus |
| Binomial name | |
| Syrrhaptes tibetanus (Gould, 1850) |
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The Tibetan Sandgrouse (Syrrhaptes tibetanus ) is a large bird in the sandgrouse family. This species breeds on the dry stony plateaus in Tibet and neighbouring parts of central Asia.