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Otididae

Southern Black Korhaan Afrotis afra � Trevor Hardaker http://www.hardaker.co.za

There are 27 species of Bustards, Korhaans and Floricans in the familly Otididae; they are:

Great Bustard Otis tarda

Arabian Bustard Ardeotis arabs
Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori
Great Indian Bustard Ardeotis nigriceps
Australian Bustard Ardeotis australis

Houbara Bustard Chlamydotis undulata
Macqueen's Bustard Chlamydotis macqueenii

Ludwig's Bustard Neotis ludwigii
Denham's Bustard Neotis denhami
Heuglin's Bustard Neotis heuglinii
Nubian Bustard Neotis nuba

White-bellied Bustard Eupodotis senegalensis
Barrow's Korhaan Eupodotis barrowii
Blue Korhaan Eupodotis caerulescens
Karoo Korhaan Eupodotis vigorsii
R�ppell's Korhaan Eupodotis rueppellii
Little Brown Bustard Eupodotis humilis

Savile's Bustard Lophotis savilei
Buff-crested Bustard Lophotis gindiana
Red-crested Korhaan Lophotis ruficrista

Southern Black Korhaan Afrotis afra
Northern Black Korhaan Afrotis afraoides

Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
Hartlaub's Bustard Lissotis hartlaubii

Bengal Florican Houbaropsis bengalensis

Lesser Florican Sypheotides indica

Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax

family links

Bustards Otididae
http://www.eeb.cornell.edu/winkler/botw/otididae.html
Run down on the species...

species links

Black-bellied Bustard Eupodotis melanogaster
http://www.kenyabirds.org.uk/bust-bb.htm
Generally more common than the similar looking Hartlaub's Bustard the 2 species overlap across some of their range...
Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori
http://www.kenyabirds.org.uk/kori.htm
There are 2 disjunct populations in Africa...

numbers

Number of bird species: 27

useful reading

Propagation of the Houbara Bustard

by Michel Saint Jalme And Yolanda Van Heezik published by National Commission for Wildlife Conservation and Development, Saudi Arabia
ISBN: 0710305184
Buy this book from NHBS.com

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