Ardeotis
Genus of birds
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Ardeotis is a genus of birds in the family Otididae.
| Ardeotis | |
|---|---|
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| Kori bustard (Ardeotis kori) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Otidiformes |
| Family: | Otididae |
| Genus: | Ardeotis Le Maout, 1853 |
| Type species | |
| Otis arabs (Arabian bustard) Linnaeus, 1758 | |
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
|
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
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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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