sand grouse

American  

Or sandgrouse

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of sand grouse

First recorded in 1775–85

Example Sentences

The Goda, or watering hole near our camp, attracts thousands of sand grouse each day.

From New York Times

The larger birds are the bittern, great and small bustard, eagle, francolin, goose; giant, grey and red-legged partridge, sand grouse, pelican, pheasant, stork and swan.

From Project Gutenberg

In the first instance, probably, they were brought across “the silver streak” by a gale, like the sand grouse, of which we have read, on the coast of Yorkshire. 

From Project Gutenberg

On one of these occasions I saw several large flocks of sand grouse, which, I believe, are native to Mongolia, but only once managed to get within range, killing a brace.

From Project Gutenberg

The great and lesser bustards and several kinds of sand grouse are to be found in sandy districts.

From Project Gutenberg