Although it looks similar to other ground-dwelling birds like quail and grouse, it is completely unrelated to those groups.

The Painted Sandgrouse is a plump ground-dwelling bird with a small head and short legs.

It is a ground-dwelling bird which feeds on insects and seeds.

A close second, the fox, has almost obliterated many native species of ground-dwelling birds, small marsupials and other animals.

Scrub-birds are shy, secretive, ground-dwelling birds of the family Atrichornithidae.

They are among the largest ground-dwelling birds endemic of the Neotropics (only behind rheas).

It is a mainly ground-dwelling bird which can run quickly.

Quail-doves are ground-dwelling birds that live, nest, and feed in dense forests.

One can spot this tall and graceful ground-dwelling bird near the Sudashri waterhole.

The Wheatear is a small mainly ground-dwelling bird.