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title: "Stepówka białobrzucha"
description: "Pterocles alchata — Ptaki. The pin-tailed sandgrouse (Pterocles alchata) is a medium large bird in the sandgrouse family."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/pin-tailed-sandgrouse
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Stepówka białobrzucha

> Pterocles alchata — Ptaki. The pin-tailed sandgrouse (Pterocles alchata) is a medium large bird in the sandgrouse family.

- Scientific name: *Pterocles alchata*
- Category: `birds` (Ptaki)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Łąki i pola), `desert` (Pustynia)
- iNaturalist observations: 1119
- Wikidata: [Q753741](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q753741)
- iNaturalist taxon: [117078](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/117078)

## Names

- en: Pin-tailed Sandgrouse
- de: Spießflughuhn
- es: Ganga ibérica
- fr: Ganga cata
- nl: Witbuikzandhoen
- pt: Cortiçol-de-barriga-branca
- pl: Stepówka białobrzucha

## Countries with the most observations

ES (833), FR (61), AE (38), IL (38), DZ (31), MA (27), KZ (9), IR (3), TR (3)

## Summary

The pin-tailed sandgrouse (Pterocles alchata) is a medium large bird in the sandgrouse family. It has a small, pigeon-like head and neck and a sturdy, compact body. It has long pointed wings, which are white underneath, a long tail and a fast direct flight. Flocks fly to watering holes at dawn. The call is a loud kattar-kattar. This gregarious species breeds on dry open treeless plains and similar habitats. Its nest is a ground scrape into which two or three cream-coloured eggs with cryptic markings are laid. Both sexes incubate the eggs.
The pin-tailed sandgrouse is about 35 centimetres (14 in) long. Its head and…

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

## Photo

![Stepówka białobrzucha](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/pin-tailed-sandgrouse/medium.jpg)

Photo: Justin Philbois · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/188192507

## Machine access

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