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Pterocles

Pterocles is a genus of near passerine birds in the sandgrouse family. It includes all the species in the family except for two central Asian species in Syrrhaptes.

Taxonomy
The genus Pterocles was introduced in 1815 by the Dutch zoologist Coenraad Jacob Temminck. The type species was subsequently designated by the English zoologist George Robert Gray as the pin-tailed sandgrouse. The genus name combines the Ancient Greek pteron meaning "wing" with -klēs meaning "notable" or "splendid". ==Species==
Species
The genus contains 14 extant species: A fossil species, Pterocles bosporanus, is known from the early Pleistocene of Crimea. ==References==
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