The following species of Pteroclidae family are found in the Indian subcontinent:
Pin-tailed Sandgrouse Pterocles alchata - winter visitor
Crowned Sandgrouse Pterocles coronatus - vagrant in India and resident in Pakistan
Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles exustus - widespread resident
Painted Sandgrouse Pterocles indicus - widespread resident
Black-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles orientalis - widespread winter visitor & resident?
Spotted Sandgrouse Pterocles senegallus - sparse winter visitor
Pallas's Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes paradoxus - vagrant
Tibetan Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes tibetanus - local resident
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