Tibetan sandgrouse
| Tibetan sandgrouse | |
|---|---|
| Female Tibetan sandgrouse. Photograph has been taken at Tso Kar, Ladakh, India | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Pterocliformes |
| Family: | Pteroclidae |
| Genus: | Syrrhaptes |
| Species: | S. tibetanus |
| Binomial name | |
| Syrrhaptes tibetanus Gould, 1850 | |
The Tibetan sandgrouse (Syrrhaptes tibetanus) is a large bird in the sandgrouse family. The genus name Syrrhaptes is from Ancient Greek surrhaptos, "sewn together" (the feathered toes of this sandgrouse are fused together) and tibetanus is from the type locality, Tibet.