Yellow-throated Sandgrouse

Pterocles gutturalis

Other Names

    Ganga à gorge jaune   Gelbkehl-Flughuhn   Ganga Gorgigualda   Gulstrupig flyghöna   Geelkeelzandhoen   Grandule golagialla

World: Ethiopia through Kenya and Tanzania to the extreme North of Zambia; southern Zambia South to South Africa.

Kenya: Southern Kenya between 1500 to 1750m.

Usually found in pairs or small groups on short grass plains feeding on seeds but gathers in flocks to fly to water holes mid-morning. The male, pictured above is quite distinctive but the female can be mistaken for the female Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse but lacks the broad pale area on the breast. Usually nests in the dry season in a small scrape or hollow in the ground.