The Yellow-throated Sandgrouse is marked by the male's yellow throat and eyebrow, framed by a dark neck band. In southern Africa, studies describe pairs nesting on the ground and using farmland.
The male's yellow throat and eyebrow are bordered by a black neck band; its chest is grey and its belly chestnut. The female has a pale-yellow face and mottled black, white, and brown upperparts.
In the South African study area, pairs nest in a shallow ground scrape, sometimes partly hidden by grass or stubble. Fallow fields are also used for feeding and nesting.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.