» Sandgrouse's also the name of the journal of the Ornithological Society of the Middle East - see Sandgrouse (journal) The sandgrouse are a family, Pteroclididae, of 16 bird species, the only living members of the order Pteroclidiformes. They're restricted to treeless open country in the Old World, such as plains and semi-deserts. They're distributed across northern, southern and eastern Africa as well as Madagascar; the Middle East, India through to central Asia; and the Iberian Peninsula. Sa… (More on Sandgrouse)