Biology:Afrotis

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Short description: Genus of birds

Afrotis
Eupodotis afroides - 1820-1860 - Print - Iconographia Zoologica - Special Collections University of Amsterdam - UBA01 IZ17200059, crop.png
Afrotis in Iconographia Zoologica
Scientific classification e
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

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Southern Black Korhaan (Afrotis afra) male (30270325416).jpg Afrotis afra Southern black korhaan Western and southern South Africa, from Little Namaqualand to Cape Town and east to Grahamstown
Northern black korhaan (Afrotis afraoides) male.jpg Afrotis afraoides Northern black korhaan Southern Africa.

References

  1. "Otididae". The Trust for Avian Systematics. https://www.aviansystematics.org/4th-edition-checklist?viewfamilies=37. 
  2. Collar, Nigel (1996), "Family Otididae (Bustards)", in del Hoyo, Josep; Elliott, Andrew; Sargatal, Jordi, Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 3, Hoatzin to Auks, Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, pp. 240–273, ISBN 84-87334-20-2 

Wikidata ☰ Q2548219 entry