Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
   Class Aves Linnaeus, 1758 - birds see Subclass Aves Linnaeus, 1758
     Subclass Neornithes Gadow, 1893 see Clade Neornithes Gadow, 1893
       Superorder Neognathae Pycraft, 1900 see Cohort Neognathae Pycraft, 1900
         Order Pteroclidiformes see Infraorder Pteroclides
           Family Pteroclididae - sandgrouse see Family Pteroclidae Bonaparte, 1831
             Genus Pterocles Temminck, 1815
               Pterocles alchata (Linnaeus, 1766) - pin-tailed sandgrouse
               Pterocles bicinctus Temminck, 1815 - double-banded sandgrouse
               Pterocles burchelli Sclater, 1922 - Burchell's sandgrouse
               Pterocles coronatus Lichtenstein, 1823 - crowned sandgrouse
               Pterocles decoratus Cabanis, 1868 - black-faced sandgrouse
               Pterocles exustus Temminck, 1825 - chestnut-bellied sandgrouse
               Pterocles gutturalis Smith, 1836 - yellow-throated sandgrouse
               Pterocles indicus (Gmelin, 1789) - painted sandgrouse
               Pterocles lichtensteinii Temminck, 1825 - Lichtenstein's sandgrouse
               Pterocles namaqua (Gmelin, 1789) - Namaqua sandgrouse
               Pterocles orientalis (Linnaeus, 1758) - black-bellied sandgrouse
               Pterocles personatus Gould, 1843 - Madagascar sandgrouse
               Pterocles quadricinctus Temminck, 1815 - four-banded sandgrouse
               Pterocles senegallus (Linnaeus, 1771) - spotted sandgrouse