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Definition of Pterocles alchata
1. Noun. Sandgrouse of Europe and Africa having elongated middle tail feathers.
Generic synonyms: Sand Grouse, Sandgrouse
Group relationships: Genus Pterocles, Pterocles
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pterocles Alchata
Literary usage of Pterocles alchata
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Intellectual Observer (1864)
"Two species occur in Southern Europe, Pterocles alchata and Pterocles arenarius,
both of which range into North Africa and Western Asia, but neither of ..."
2. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1904)
"Another species (Pterocles alchata) also occurs in Europe and is sometimes called
ganga, a name occasionally extended to the whole family. ..."
3. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society by Bombay Natural History Society (1887)
"... to Blanford) The Blue Rock Pigeon—Common everywhere. Pterocles arenarius—The
Large Sand Grouse, common in all suitable localities. Pterocles alchata—The ..."
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