Ardeotis
| Ardeotis | |
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| Kori bustard (Ardeotis kori) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Otidiformes |
| Family: | Otididae |
| Genus: | Ardeotis Le Maout, 1853 |
| Type species | |
| Otis arabs (Arabian bustard) Linnaeus, 1758
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Ardeotis is a bird genus in the family Otididae.
The genus was introduced in 1853 by the French naturalist Emmanuel Le Maout to accommodate the Arabian bustard.[1]
It contains the following species:[2]
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Ardeotis arabs | Arabian bustard | Algeria, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Guinea-Bissau, Iraq, Kenya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen.[8] It is a vagrant to Kenya, Gambia, northern Ivory Coast and northern Ghana. |
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Ardeotis kori | Kori bustard | Botswana and Namibia, extending into southern Angola and marginally into southwestern Zambia. |
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Ardeotis nigriceps | Great Indian bustard | India and Pakistan |
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Ardeotis australis | Australian bustard | northern Australia and southern New Guinea |
References[]
- ^ Le Maout, Emmanuel (1853). 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 (in French). Paris: L. Curmer. p. 340.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2021). "Turacos, bustards, cuckoos, mesites, sandgrouse". IOC World Bird List Version 11.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
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