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Double-banded sandgrouse Pterocles bicinctus are well adapted to deal with high temperatures, by the combination of a low resting metabolic rate (46% 42.7-degrees-C), increased thermal conductance at high temperatures and a well-developed evaporative heat loss capability (100% of metabolic heat production dissipated at 38.7-degrees-C).

2. Measurements of metabolism involving integration over relatively long periods do not appear suitable for nervous species such as sandgrouse. The stress imposed by the environment of a controlled temperature room caused existence metabolism to be overestimated.