sandgrouse

Sandgrouse are amongst my favourite bird families. There are 16 species in the family, I've seen 11 species of these of which I have photographed 8 species.

 Spotted Sandgrouse - Morocco

 Crowned Sandgrouse - Morocco

 Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse - Ethiopia

 Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse - Ethiopia

 Black-bellied Sandgrouse - Kazakhstan

 Pallas's Sandgrouse - Kazakhstan

 Namaqua Sandgrouse - South Africa

Burchell's Sandgrouse [foreground] with Namaqua Sandgrouse [pair behind] - South Africa