Afrotis
Genus of birds
Afrotis | |
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Afrotis in Iconographia Zoologica | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Otidiformes |
Family: | Otididae |
Genus: | Afrotis Gray, GR, 1855 |
Type species | |
Otis afra[1] Linnaeus, 1758 | |
Species | |
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Afrotis is a genus of bustard in the family Otididae. The genus is endemic to southern Africa, and contains two species. It is sometimes included in the genus Eupodotis.[2]
Species
Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
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Southern black korhaan
| Afrotis afra (Smith, 1831) | Western and southern South Africa, from Little Namaqualand to Cape Town and east to Grahamstown | Size: Habitat: Diet: | LC
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Northern black korhaan
| Afrotis afraoides (Linnaeus, 1758) Three subspecies
| Southern Africa. | Size: Habitat: Diet: | LC
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References
- ^ "Otididae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-27.
- ^ Collar, Nigel (1996), "Family Otididae (Bustards)", in del Hoyo, Josep; Elliott, Andrew; Sargatal, Jordi (eds.), Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 3, Hoatzin to Auks, Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, pp. 240–273, ISBN 84-87334-20-2
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Bustards (order: Otidiformes · family: Otididae)
Species
- Northern black korhaan (E. afra)
- Southern black korhaan (E. afraoides)
- Arabian bustard (A. arabs)
- Kori bustard (A. kori)
- Great Indian bustard (A. nigriceps)
- Australian bustard (A. australis)
- Houbara bustard (C. undulata)
- MacQueen's bustard (C. macqueeni)
- White-bellied bustard (E. senegalensis)
- Blue korhaan (E. caerulescens)
- Karoo korhaan (E. vigorsii)
- Rüppell's korhaan (E. rueppellii)
- Little brown bustard (E. humilis)
- Bengal florican (H. bengalensis)
- Black-bellied bustard (L. melanogaster)
- Hartlaub's bustard (L. hartlaubii)
- Savile's bustard (L. savilei)
- Buff-crested bustard (L. gindiana)
- Red-crested korhaan (L. ruficrista)
- Ludwig's bustard (N. ludwigii)
- Denham's bustard (N. denhami)
- Heuglin's bustard (N. heuglinii)
- Nubian bustard (N. nuba)
- Great bustard (O. tarda)
- Lesser florican (S. indicus)
- Little bustard (T. tetrax)
26 living species in eleven genera
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