The sandgrouse is a medium-sized bird that inhabits dry steppes and semi-deserts of Central Asia. It has a short beak, long wings, and legs covered with feathers down to the toes.
The sandgrouse differs from other birds with its fully feathered legs and the ability to carry water to chicks on its belly. It is important for nature as part of the steppe food chain and a seed disperser for plants.
Legendary longevity: over 100 years. Galapagos tortoises, Greenland sharks, ocean quahogs celebrate with family once every 4 years
Offspring
pecking
Worker
Elders
Bro
birth time
Taxons
if born as {name}
Dogs, dolphins, lynx hang out for 9-25 years and party on their birthday three times a year
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age
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When your next jubilee falls in {name} life years
Belly feathers color
Human
birth date
Palearctic realm
arid terrestrial biotopes with sparse vegetation
Close
Egg shell color
was
days
Career from 7 to 15 months. Dwarf hamsters, voles, field crickets celebrate their birthday twice a month
The basics
How old you would be if you lived as {name}
Theoretical maximum lifespan estimated from the Dynamic Energy Budget (DEB) mathematical model. This value reflects a biological potential derived from metabolic parameters, not from direct observation — real recorded lifespans are often significantly shorter.
My weight?
Non-stop carnival: they only live a few days. Mayflies, rotifers, midges celebrate their birthday more than twice a day
surface
adult
Maturity
primary food sources
24 to 38 grams, 10 – 25 centimeters
Beak size
Potential Habitat
About health
lots of grass, few trees, rains are rare
When your next birthday would fall if you lived as {name}
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In husbandry
On the go from 1.3 to 3.5 years. Forest mice, anoles, rainbow fish party on their birthday once a month
Repro interval
results
Mass
Mosquitoes, fruit flies, small crustaceans hustle for up to 7 months and throw a birthday party every week
terrestrial
Colors
Sex
{name} birthday
Upcoming jubilees
Gremllins
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rains are very rare, almost a desert
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Trophic type
Filters
seeds of cereals and meadow grasses
On the map
young shoots, sprouts, green plant shoots
grass seeds
all life stages
Female ♀
Palearctic realm
Cold and almost dry
young shoots and sprouts
Upcoming birthdays
Breeding structure built or used for laying eggs and raising offspring.
Map data sources: Ecosystem classification — IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology (Keith et al., 2022), indicative distribution maps Keith et al. (2020), https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3546513; Large Marine Ecosystems — NOAA LME Program; Bathymetry — GEBCO Bathymetric Compilation Group (2026), GEBCO_2026 Grid, https://doi.org/10.5285/4f68d5c7-45eb-f999-e063-7086abc036fa; Climate data — Generated using Copernicus Climate Change Service information; Species occurrence data — GBIF.org, Derived dataset "all animals", https://zveriki.com/dataset/dataset.tsv; Terrestrial ecoregions — RESOLVE Ecoregions 2017 (Dinerstein et al., 2017), CC BY 4.0
Potential habitat modelled from GBIF occurrence data. Map © Zveriki.com, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Truly long lives: 40-100 years. Bowhead whales, albatrosses, giant tortoises recall their birthday at most once a year
Lifespan
birth year
Maturity
Desert and dry shrubs
steppe
terrestrial habitat, land surface outside water
Age (from birth to death)
sq mm
yr
Beak color
most of Europe and Asia, various forests, steppes and tundra
Wanderers
Food items are collected from exposed outer surfaces of substrates.
How similar?
Wings size
Jubilee = every 10th birthday
dry, cold winter, lots of grass, few trees
Male ♂
until the celebration
baby / chick
age as {name}
How do they breed?
On the go from 3.5 to 6 years. Hedgehogs, crows, lizards treat themselves to birthday snacks 6 times a year
Legs color
What if eaten?
Very dry
Neither
Earliest developmental stage inside an egg or womb.
Business sausages
from birth to adulthood
Young offspring still dependent on parental care.
nest
Lifespan average
What do they eat?
dry and cold almost all year round
Where do they live?
Immature individual that has not yet reached reproductive maturity.
seed
Plumage color
forests on land — tropical, temperate, boreal
What do they look like?
Maturity
emergence (insects)
end of lifespan
How do they live?
fertilization / egg laying
How do they behave?
birth / hatching
metamorphosis / end of larval stage
Temperate mixed forest
end of acceleration
very dry and cold, very little snow and rain
Share
Very hot and dry
Duration
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Mature, fully developed individual capable of reproduction.
This is me
most of Europe and Asia, various forests, steppes and tundra
Steppe
Gamers
Pets
How are they built?
mm
Theoretical lifespan
Repeatedly strikes or probes substrate with beak to obtain food.
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Stars
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My age?
wk
My size?
very hot during the day, cold at night, almost no rain
terrestrial
Feeding occurs primarily on land or in vegetation.
{name} jubilee
Asexual
swap
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Old-timers
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Wingspan
desert and semi-desert
turns
Rabbits, falcons, red-eared turtles hang out for 6-9 years and party on their birthday four times a year
Rascals
Where do they take shelter?
Cold desert
terrestrial forest
celebrated their {n} birthday
insect
When you would have been born if you lived as {name}
seeds
Cold steppe
Litter size
Daddies
pecks seeds and shoots from the ground
Lifespan maximum
Map data sources: Ecosystem classification — IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology (Keith et al., 2022), indicative distribution maps Keith et al. (2020), https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3546513; Large Marine Ecosystems — NOAA LME Program; Bathymetry — GEBCO Bathymetric Compilation Group (2026), GEBCO_2026 Grid, https://doi.org/10.5285/4f68d5c7-45eb-f999-e063-7086abc036fa; Climate data — Generated using Copernicus Climate Change Service information; Species occurrence data — GBIF.org, Derived dataset "all animals", https://zveriki.com/dataset/dataset.tsv; Terrestrial ecoregions — RESOLVE Ecoregions 2017 (Dinerstein et al., 2017), CC BY 4.0
How to care for them?
Living from 25 to 40 years. Orangutans, bald eagles, African elephants celebrate their birthday twice a year
foraging
°C
Not specified
Hermaphrodite ⚥
Actively searching habitats to locate food items.
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Where are they found?
embryo
summer warm, many oaks, birches, maples
plant seeds — sunflower, grass, small wild seeds
herbivore
Length
kg
very hot and dry, rare rains, cacti live
Down color
Observations
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