sand grouse

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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of sand grouse¹

First recorded in 1775–85

Example Sentences

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

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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.

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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. 

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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.

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

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