Black-bellied sandgrouse closeup

The black-bellied sandgrouse is a medium large bird in the sandgrouse family. The nominate race breeds in Iberian Peninsula, Northwest Africa, the Canary Islands, Turkey, Iran, Cyprus and Israel. The eastern form "P. o. arenarius" is found in Kazakhstan, western China and northern Pakistan. It is a partial migrant, with central Asian birds moving to the Pakistan and northern India in winter.