A superb example of cryptic camouflage, a male Black-faced Sandgrouse also has a special adaptation to live in semi-desert conditions.
A superb example of cryptic camouflage, a male Black-faced Sandgrouse also has a special adaptation to live in semi-desert conditions. When he drinks his breast feathers hold water to carry back to the chicks, often many miles from water.
Size: 5500px × 4082px
Location: Ruaha National Park, Tanzania
Photo credit: © Nick Greaves / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: -passerine, action, adaptation, aerodynamics, arid, aves, behaviour, bird, birds, birdwatching, black-faced, breast, camouflage, capillary, charadriiformes, chicks, colourful, contour, cryptic, decoratus, dimorphism, dinosaur, drinker, dry, dust-bath, environment, facial, feathers, filaments, flocks, gleaner, granivorous, gregarious, ground, habitat, keratin, lands, living, male, markings, mimicry, monogamous, national, noisy, ornithology, park, plumage, primary, pterocles, pteroclidae, quill, ruaha, safari, sandgrouse, scales, secondary, sexual, suckle, tanzania, vertebrate
