Ardeotis
Kori bustard (Ardeotis kori)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Otidiformes
Family: Otididae
Genus: Ardeotis
Le Maout, 1853
Type species
Otis arabs (Arabian bustard)
Linnaeus, 1758

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]

It contains the following species:[2]

ImageScientific nameCommon NameDistribution
Ardeotis arabsArabian bustardAlgeria, 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.
Ardeotis koriKori bustardBotswana and Namibia, extending into southern Angola and marginally into southwestern Zambia.
Ardeotis nigricepsGreat Indian bustardIndia and Pakistan
Ardeotis australisAustralian bustardnorthern Australia and southern New Guinea

References

  1. 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.
  2. 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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