sand grouse

or sand·grouse

noun

any of several birds of the family Pteroclididae inhabiting sandy areas of the Old World, resembling both pigeons and shorebirds and having precocial young.

Origin of sand grouse

First recorded in 1775–85

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Examples from the Web for sand grouse

The chief feature was the extraordinary abundance of sand-grouse.
Letters from Mesopotamia|Robert Palmer
Again I dreamed, and again I saw the spreading water beneath me, and the wildfowl; but there were no pelicans and no sand-grouse.
Tales of South Africa|H.A. Bryden
It loves the deserts, and as far as I know never leaves them save to come down, as the Sand-grouse do, to some water-hole.
Egyptian Birds|Charles Whymper
Crossing this, nearly knee-deep in mud and water in many parts, we fell in with three packs of Sand-Grouse (Pterocles alchata).
Wild Spain (Espaa agreste)|Abel Chapman

The nesting season of the various species of sand-grouse that breed in India is now beginning.
A Bird Calendar for Northern India|Douglas Dewar