Painted Sandgrouse
Pterocles indicus
Painted Sandgrouse
Pterocles indicus
... Unlike many other birds, the Painted Sandgrouse is not egocentric at all. Where some birds are full of themselves and are continuously calling out there own name (like for example the Cuckoo bird), the Painted Sandgrouse is more interested in organometallic chemistry, especially where it concerns replacing precious metal catalysts with iron to save his environment. Therefore it can often be heard with its characteristic chirik-chirik ...