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Sandgrouse are Columbiformes-- land birds with 4 unwebbed toes, short legs, small heads and usually very little difference between the sexes. Spotted Sandgrouse are birds of sandy deserts. All sandgrouse females are less colourful than the males and therefore better camouflaged while sitting on a nest, which is a simple scrape in the ground. In Oman Spotted Sandgrouse are found on the gravel plains of the remote Empty Quarters. There are 4 species of Sandgrouse in Oman. All Sandgrouse species are well adapted to live in heat and arid conditions as they have especially adapted belly feathers that are capable of holding water like a sponge.
Rub'Al Khali or Empty quarter which is a desert in Dhofar Governorate, near the city of Salalah. Montasar is an oasis near the edge of the empty Quarter where the sandgrouse come to drink water in huge flocks sometimes numbering several thousands.
Sandgrouse are Columbiformes-- land birds with 4 unwebbed toes, short legs, small heads and usually very little difference between the sexes. Spotted Sandgrouse are birds of sandy deserts. All sandgrouse females are less colourful than the males and therefore better camouflaged while sitting on a nest, which is a simple scrape in the ground. In Oman Spotted Sandgrouse are found on the gravel plains of the remote Empty Quarters. There are 4 species of Sandgrouse in Oman. All Sandgrouse species are well adapted to live in heat and arid conditions as they have especially adapted belly feathers that are capable of holding water like a sponge.
Rub'Al Khali or Empty quarter which is a desert in Dhofar Governorate, near the city of Salalah. Montasar is an oasis near the edge of the empty Quarter where the sandgrouse come to drink water in huge flocks sometimes numbering several thousands.