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Species:
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Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse (Pterocles exustus)
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Number:
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9
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Breeding:
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Remarks:
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Flying over On the way back from loop N°1 (SE) I actually got a group of 9 flying sandgrouses. I was much astonished. They passed about 50m away. Descriptioon is as follow , The very first remarkable things I saw was that 1/ they had clearly a dark belly, 2/ The overall colour above was warm buff yellowish contrasting with dark/ blackish primaries Slender pointed tail and wings The size seemed quite big I haven't seen wether ALL the underwing was dark. matinale 07h00 / 10h00
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Date:
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2018-12-16
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Source:
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Location:
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Niamey, fleuve en aval du Pont Kennedy (en bateau)
(Niger)
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Entered by:
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Benoit FORGET
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Photos
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