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title: "Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse"
description: "Pterocles exustus — Uccelli. The chestnut-bellied sandgrouse or common sandgrouse (Pterocles exustus) is a species of sandgrouse."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/chestnut-bellied-sandgrouse
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse

> Pterocles exustus — Uccelli. The chestnut-bellied sandgrouse or common sandgrouse (Pterocles exustus) is a species of sandgrouse.

- Scientific name: *Pterocles exustus*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `desert` (Deserto)
- iNaturalist observations: 1186
- Wikidata: [Q127903](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q127903)
- iNaturalist taxon: [117083](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/117083)

## Names

- en: Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse
- de: Braunbauchflughuhn
- es: Ganga Moruna
- fr: Ganga à ventre brun
- nl: Roodbuikzandhoen
- pt: Ganga-castanha
- pl: Stepówka brunatnobrzucha

## Countries with the most observations

IN (491), KE (201), TZ (169), US (67), ET (56), OM (28), SN (22), AE (16), NG (14), SO (9), IR (7), TD (5)

## Summary

The chestnut-bellied sandgrouse or common sandgrouse (Pterocles exustus) is a species of sandgrouse. It is a sedentary and nomadic species that ranges from northern and central Africa and further east towards western and southern Asia. There are six recognized subspecies.
The chestnut-bellied sandgrouse is sexually dimorphic in plumage colouration and varies in overall plumage colouration between the six subspecies.
The chestnut-bellied sandgrouse is a bird of barren, semi-deserts. It is heavily reliant on water, despite living in hot, arid climates and is known to travel up to 50 miles (80 kilometres) in a day to…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chestnut-bellied_sandgrouse

## Photo

![Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/chestnut-bellied-sandgrouse/medium.jpg)

Photo: neotrigonia · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/9796658

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/chestnut-bellied-sandgrouse?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).