Yellow-throated Sandgrouse
Pterocles gutturalis
Nairobi National Park, Kenya. 13 October 2016.
Yellow-throated Sandgrouse have small, pigeon-like heads and necks and sturdy compact bodies. They are ground-dwelling birds of grasslands and savannas where their mottled brown, black and white plumage affords excellent camouflage.
Pteroclididae -- Sandgrouse Family
Books:
- Birds of Kenya and Northern Tanzania by Zimmerman et al.
- Birds of East Africa by Stevenson and Fanshawe