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Double-banded Sandgrouse

 * ... that the male Double-banded Sandgrouse has a courtship display in which he walks around with his beak near the ground and his tail held high?
 * Reviewed: List of Pakistan Twenty20 International cricketers

Created/expanded by Cwmhiraeth (talk). Self nom at 18:28, 4 June 2012 (UTC)


 * Symbol question.svg 5x expansion, age and referencing ok, no paraphrasing detected...damn I wish we could find a catchier hook though....need to think about this one to see what we might come up with..... Casliber (talk · contribs) 03:32, 5 June 2012 (UTC)
 * This bird's life and habits are pretty similar to those of other sandgrouse. I thought the courtship display was the most significant difference between it and other species. My suggested hook is better than "... eats seeds?" or "... is endemic to southern Africa?" Cwmhiraeth (talk) 10:27, 5 June 2012 (UTC)
 * I did think of ALT1 ... that the Double-banded Sandgrouse eats seeds of the hairy thorn-apple (Datura inoxia)?  ...interesting as datura is notoriously poisonous to people, but trying to source and work "poisonous to people" is tricky. Casliber (talk · contribs) 10:46, 5 June 2012 (UTC)
 * how about this page for poisioning ref? I found others Pumpkin Sky   talk  22:30, 17 June 2012 (UTC)
 * How about:

ALT2 ... that the Double-banded Sandgrouse eats with impunity seeds of the hairy thorn-apple which are toxic to humans?
 * Symbol confirmed.svg ok then...Casliber (talk · contribs) 14:57, 16 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Symbol question.svg I was in the process of promoting this when I realized I couldn't find the human toxicity in the article anywhere. The rule says right on this template edit page, "hook fact is accurate and cited with an inline citation in the article". I didn't want to unilaterally revert to one of the others in case you wanted to address this. BlueMoonset (talk) 16:53, 17 June 2012 (UTC)
 * The human angle was not in the article and I don't think putting it there now would improve the the article. Shall we go back to the original hook which was only rejected because Casliber thought it was uninteresting? It could be reduced to - Cwmhiraeth (talk) 19:12, 17 June 2012 (UTC)

ALT3 ... that the male Double-banded Sandgrouse performs a courtship display to impress the female?
 * I agree that adding the human reference to this article is too tangential. If everything has to be referenced in the one article then it is impossible, which is a shame. Casliber (talk · contribs) 21:54, 17 June 2012 (UTC)
 * ALT3 is really boring all kinds of animals have courtship displays. Pumpkin Sky   talk  22:24, 17 June 2012 (UTC)
 * How about: Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:19, 18 June 2012 (UTC)

ALT4 ... that Double-banded Sandgrouse chicks are precocial and can fly within a month of hatching?
 * Yeah, that's ok. Casliber (talk · contribs) 08:38, 18 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg Restoring tick, striking earlier hooks. BlueMoonset (talk) 09:58, 18 June 2012 (UTC)