sandgrouse

British  

/ ˈsændˌɡraʊs /

noun

1. any bird of the family Pteroclididae, of dry regions of the Old World, having very short feet, a short bill, and long pointed wings and tail: order Columbiformes

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Example Sentences

Native reptiles and birds, including the Be’er Sheva fringe-fingered lizard, the pin-tailed sandgrouse and the spectacled warbler, are now fall easy prey for crows and jays perched in the tree branches.

From Salon • Nov. 20, 2024

Except for a trip to a zoo in the United Arab Emirates to collect blood from a bustard and a sandgrouse, gathering DNA samples was straightforward.

From Nature • Dec. 10, 2014

Of the peculiar genera only a few examples may be mentioned: Eurynorhynchus, the spoon-billed sandpiper of Siberia; Syrrhaptes, the sandgrouse of central Asia; Musicicapa of Europe.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" by Various

A few green and bronze bee-eaters hovered almost like hawks over the sand-dunes, and a cloud of sandgrouse were swinging and swerving across the open ground that divided Highlander from Turk.

From With a Highland Regiment in Mesopotamia 1916—1917 by Anonymous

After flowing a few yards it ends in a shallow pool, surrounded by palms and paved with mud, which attracts flights of snipes, sandpipers, and sandgrouse.

From The Land of Midian — Volume 2 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir