#1212 · 🐦 birds
Black-bellied Sandgrouse
🇳🇱 Zwartbuikzandhoen ·Pterocles orientalis
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what is it?
The black-bellied sandgrouse ( Pterocles orientalis ) is a medium large bird in the sandgrouse family.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 1,210 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Weighs only about 428 g.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Black-bellied Sandgrouse
- Nederlands
- Zwartbuikzandhoen
- scientific name
- Pterocles orientalis
- class
- Aves
- order
- Pterocliformes
- family
- Pteroclidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings in Europe
- 444
- sightings worldwide
- 1,210
- GBIF records in NL
- 18
- weight
- 428 g
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Pteroclidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 117088, Wikidata Q383182, GBIF 2480193, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.