CreatureData

Madagascar sandgrouse

Pterocles personatus Gould, 1843

LCLeast Concernbirds

The madagascar sandgrouse (Pterocles personatus) is a species in the family Pteroclidae, order Pterocliformes. Recorded adults weigh about 181.3 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Madagascar sandgrouse (Pterocles personatus)
Photo: John Gerrard Keulemans (8 June 1842 - 29 March 1912) · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the madagascar sandgrouse

Weight
181.3 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Granivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
shrublandsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
3src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Photos of the madagascar sandgrouse

Only freely licensed photos are shown. Each carries its creator and licence.

Madagascar sandgrouse (Pterocles personatus)
Paul Prior · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where does the madagascar sandgrouse live?

Not recorded

What is the madagascar sandgrouse?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The Madagascar sandgrouse (Pterocles personatus) is a species of bird in the family Pteroclidae. It is endemic to Madagascar and is a ground-dwelling short-legged plump bird. The head of the male is brown with a black area surrounding the beak. It has a pinkish-buff coloured breast, a light brown mottled back, brown wings and paler underparts barred with dark brown. The female has a generally duller appearance being cryptically coloured brown with dark specks and bars.

From the Wikipedia article “Madagascar sandgrouse” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Madagascar_sandgrouse&oldid=1314833677), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the madagascar sandgrouse endangered?

The madagascar sandgrouse is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the madagascar sandgrouse classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPterocliformes
  5. familyPteroclidae
  6. genusPterocles
  7. SpeciesPterocles personatus Gould, 1843
Other names and names in other languages (33)
  • Madagascan sandgrouseEnglish
  • Madagascan sandgrouseEnglish
  • MASAEnglish
  • قطا مدغشقريArabic
  • ganga de MadagascarCatalan
  • stepokur madagaskarskýCzech
  • iâr diffeithwch MadagasgarWelsh
  • Madagascar SandhøneDanish
  • MadagaskarflughuhnGerman
  • Madagaskar-FlughuhnGerman
  • madagaskara stepkokoEsperanto
  • Ganga malgacheSpanish
  • madagaskari vurilEstonian
  • madagaskarinhietakyyhkyFinnish
  • Ganga masquéFrench
  • álarcos pusztaityúkHungarian
  • Grandule del MadagascarItalian
  • マダガスカルサケイJapanese
  • madagaskarinė smiltvištėLithuanian
  • KatrakatraMalagasy
  • MadagaskarzandhoenDutch
  • madagaskarsandhøneNorwegian
  • stepówka madagaskarskaPolish
  • cortiçol-malgaxePortuguese
  • cortiçol-de-madagáscarPortuguese
  • Мадагаскарский рябокRussian
  • stepiar maskovýSlovak
  • Madagaskarska sadžaSerbian
  • madagaskarflyghönaSwedish
  • Madagaskar BağırtlağıTurkish
  • рябок мадагаскарськийUkrainian
  • 马岛沙鸡Chinese
  • 馬達加斯加沙雞Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the madagascar sandgrouse

Other species in the same genus Pterocles.

CompareMadagascar sandgrouse vs Black-bellied sandgrouseMadagascar sandgrouse vs Pin-tailed sandgrouseMadagascar sandgrouse vs Spotted sandgrouseMadagascar sandgrouse vs Chestnut-bellied sandgrouse

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the madagascar sandgrouse?

An adult madagascar sandgrouse weighs 181.3 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the madagascar sandgrouse endangered?

The madagascar sandgrouse is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the madagascar sandgrouse?

The madagascar sandgrouse (Pterocles personatus) belongs to the family Pteroclidae in the order Pterocliformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

Embed a card for this animal on your own site

Copy this code. The card shows the photo with its credit, key facts and a link back to this page.

Preview the card

APA

CreatureData. (2026). Madagascar sandgrouse (Pterocles personatus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/madagascar-sandgrouse

MLA

“Madagascar sandgrouse (Pterocles personatus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/madagascar-sandgrouse.

BibTeX
@misc{madagascar_sandgrouse_2026,
  title = {Madagascar sandgrouse (Pterocles personatus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/madagascar-sandgrouse},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}