What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Pin-tailed Sandgrouse been recorded?

Pterocles alchata occurrence evidence comes from 108 records in 8 countries and territories, from 1856 to 2026. Most records come from Iraq.

Pin-tailed Sandgrouse
Pin-tailed Sandgrouse — Photo (display-sized rendition): https://www.flickr.com/photos/francesco_veronesi/ · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
AvesPteroclidiformesPteroclididaePterocles

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

108 records across 8 countries and territories, 1856–2026.

Pterocles alchata · GBIF taxon key 2480204

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-09-23. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: July.

7 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

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When it is recorded

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Peak month: July. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

18562026

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Pin-tailed Sandgrouse has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Pin-tailed Sandgrouse. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
Iraq 60
Spain 23
Algeria 8
France 7
Tunisia 5
Morocco 2
Syria 2
Iran 1

Related animals

Others in the family Pteroclididae.

Namaqua Sandgrouse
Namaqua Sandgrouse
154 records
Pallas's Sandgrouse
Pallas's Sandgrouse
152 records
Black-bellied Sandgrouse
Black-bellied Sandgrouse
67 records
Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse
Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse
47 records
Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.