Class Aves Linnaeus, 1758 - birds see Subclass Aves Linnaeus, 1758
   Subclass Neornithes Gadow, 1893 see Clade Neornithes Gadow, 1893
     Infraclass Neoaves Sibley et al., 1988 see Subcohort Neoaves Sibley et al., 1988
       Parvclass Passerae see Superorder Passerimorphae Sibley et al., 1988
         Superorder Passerimorphae Sibley et al., 1988
           Order Ciconiiformes Bonaparte, 1854
             Suborder Charadrii Huxley, 1867 - shorebirds see Order Charadriiformes Huxley, 1867
               Infraorder Pteroclides see Suborder Pterocletes Boucard, 1876
                 Family Pteroclidae Bonaparte, 1831 - sandgrouse
                   Genus Pterocles Temminck, 1815
                     01 Pterocles alchata (Linnaeus, 1766) - pin-tailed sandgrouse
                     02 Pterocles namaqua (Gmelin, 1789) - Namaqua sandgrouse
                     03 Pterocles exustus Temminck, 1825 - chestnut-bellied sandgrouse
                     04 Pterocles senegallus (Linnaeus, 1771) - spotted sandgrouse
                     05 Pterocles gutturalis Smith, 1836 - yellow-throated sandgrouse
                     06 Pterocles orientalis (Linnaeus, 1758) - black-bellied sandgrouse
                     07 Pterocles coronatus Lichtenstein, 1823 - crowned sandgrouse
                     08 Pterocles personatus Gould, 1843 - Madagascar sandgrouse
                     09 Pterocles decoratus Cabanis, 1868 - black-faced sandgrouse
                     10 Pterocles bicinctus Temminck, 1815 - double-banded sandgrouse
                     11 Pterocles quadricinctus Temminck, 1815 - four-banded sandgrouse
                     12 Pterocles indicus (Gmelin, 1789) - painted sandgrouse
                     13 Pterocles lichtensteinii Temminck, 1825 - Lichtenstein's sandgrouse
                     14 Pterocles burchelli Sclater, 1922 - Burchell's sandgrouse