| 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 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
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Ardeotis arabs (Linnaeus, 1758) Four subspecies
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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
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| Great Indian bustard
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Ardeotis nigriceps (Vigors, 1831) |
India and Pakistan
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Size: Habitat: Diet: |
CR
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| Australian bustard
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Ardeotis australis (Gray, JE, 1829) |
northern Australia and southern New Guinea | Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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| Kori bustard
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Ardeotis kori (Burchell, 1822) Two subspecies
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Botswana and Namibia, extending into southern Angola and marginally into southwestern Zambia. | Size: Habitat: Diet: |
NT
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References
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.