- Pterocles alchata
Identification
31–39 cm long. Head and upperparts yellowish-green, underparts white with a chestnut breast band, green neck. Sexes are similar, but the female is shorter tailed than the male.
Distribution
Iberia and southern France, northwest Africa, southeast Turkey east to Kazakhstan. ==Taxonomy==
Habitat
Dry open treeless plains and similar habitats.
Behaviour
Its nest is a ground scrape into which 2 or 3 creamy eggs are laid. Both sexes incubate.
Flocks fly to watering holes at dawn. The call is a loud gatar-gatar.