Biology:Ardeotis
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Ardeotis is a genus of birds in the family Otididae.
The genus was described in 1853 by the French naturalist Emmanuel Le Maout to accommodate the Arabian bustard.[1]
Species
It contains the following species:[2]
| Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arabian bustard
|
Ardeotis arabs (Linnaeus, 1758) Four subspecies
|
Algeria, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Guinea-Bissau, Iraq, Kenya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen. It is a vagrant to Kenya, Gambia, northern Ivory Coast and northern Ghana. | Size: Habitat: Diet: |
NT
|
| Great Indian bustard
|
Ardeotis nigriceps (Vigors, 1831) |
India and Pakistan
|
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
CR
|
| Australian bustard
|
Ardeotis australis (Gray, JE, 1829) |
northern Australia and southern New Guinea | Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
|
| Kori bustard
|
Ardeotis kori (Burchell, 1822) Two subspecies
|
Botswana and Namibia, extending into southern Angola and marginally into southwestern Zambia. | Size: Habitat: Diet: |
NT
|
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References
- ↑ Le Maout, Emmanuel (1853) (in French). Histoire naturelle des oiseaux : suivant a classification de M. Isidore Geoffroy-Saint-Hilaire, avec l'indication de leurs moeurs et de leurs rapports avec les arts, le commerce et l'agriculture. Paris: L. Curmer. p. 340. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53548891.
- ↑ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds (July 2021). "Turacos, bustards, cuckoos, mesites, sandgrouse". IOC World Bird List Version 11.2. International Ornithologists' Union. https://www.worldbirdnames.org/new/bow/turacos/.
Wikidata ☰ Q2194882 entry
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