There are many semiarid habitats in the western United States 
that appear to be similar to those characteristic of the native 
range of the imperial sandgrouse. A few are pictured here, 
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tue Northern Great Basin ede estes areas 
represent potential breeding and 
nesting grounds for imperial sandgrouse 
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Figure 27. A combination of scattered grassy tracts 
with dryland farming might provide 
excellent spring and summer habitat 
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