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 • Jul. 26, 2010

North of Baghdad, near Saddam's hometown of Tikrit, the presence of American troops has led to a similar revival of another species once popular with Iraqi hunters: the sand grouse.

From Time Magazine Archive

For the season's opener, Van Heflin fishes for marlin off Chub Cay in the Bahamas, and Bing Crosby and Phil Harris hunt sand grouse in Tanzania.

From Time Magazine Archive

One of Dr. Bump's special favorites is the sand grouse, which nests as much as 25 miles from water.

From Time Magazine Archive

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 Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter by Walter, James Conway