Genus
Syrrhaptes
2 species
The list of species of Syrrhaptes genus
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The list of species of Syrrhaptes genus
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Pallas's sandgrouse (Syrrhaptes paradoxus ) is a medium large bird in the sandgrouse family named after the German zoologist Peter Simon Pallas. The scientific name is from Ancient Greek. The genus Syrrhaptes is from surrhaptos, "sewn together" (the...
The Tibetan sandgrouse (Syrrhaptes tibetanus ) is a large bird in the sandgrouse family. The genus name Syrrhaptes is from Ancient Greek surrhaptos, "sewn together" (the feathered toes of this sandgrouse are fused together) and tibetanus is from...