Biology:Ardeotis

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Short description: Genus of birds

Ardeotis
Ardeotis kori Etosha.JPG
Kori bustard (Ardeotis kori)
Scientific classification e
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]

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Arabian Bustard.jpg 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.
Ardeotis kori -Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania-8.jpg Ardeotis kori Kori bustard Botswana and Namibia, extending into southern Angola and marginally into southwestern Zambia.
Great Indian Bustard from DNP (cropped).jpg Ardeotis nigriceps Great Indian bustard India and Pakistan
Australian Bustard 2.jpg Ardeotis australis Australian bustard northern Australia and southern New Guinea

References

Wikidata ☰ Q2194882 entry