What is Sandgrouse?
{{Automatic taxobox|name=Sandgrouse|display_parents=2|taxon=Pteroclidae|authority=[[Charles Lucien Bonaparte|Bonaparte]], 1831|image=Double-banded Sandgrouse.JPG|image_upright=1.2|image_caption=[[Double-banded sandgrouse]]|parent_authority=[[Thomas Henry Huxley|Huxley]], 1868|subdivision_ranks=Genera|subdivision=* †''[[Gerandia]]'' <small>Lambrecht, 1933</small> * †''[[Archaeoganga]]'' <small>Mourer-Chauviré, 1992</small> * †''[[Leptoganga]]'' <small>Mourer-Chauviré, 1993</small> *''[[Pterocles]]'' <small>Temminck, 1815</small> *''[[Nyctiperdix]]'' <small>Roberts, 1922</small> *''[[Calopterocles]]'' <small>Roberts, 1922 non Gmelin</small> *''[[Syrrhaptes]]'' <small>Illiger, 1811</small>|synonyms=* Pteroclididae * Pterocleidae}} The '''sandgrouse''' is any one of the sixteen species of a family of ground-dwelling [[bird]]s known as the Pteroclidae. They usually occur in [[steppe]]-like environments, with large open spaces, and few if any [[Tree|trees]]. They occur mostly in [[Africa]] and [[Asia]]. Some species also live on the [[Iberian peninsula]], and in [[France]]. They mostly eat [[seeds]]. [[Category:Birds]] {{biology-stub}}