Ardeotis
Ardeotis is a genus of birds in the family Otididae.
| Ardeotis | |
|---|---|
| Kori bustard (Ardeotis kori) | |
| Scientific 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 | |
The genus was described in 1853 by the French naturalist Emmanuel Le Maout to accommodate the Arabian bustard.
It contains the following species:
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Kori bustard | Botswana and Namibia, extending into southern Angola and marginally into southwestern Zambia. | |
| Ardeotis nigriceps | Great Indian bustard | India and Pakistan | |
| Ardeotis australis | Australian bustard | northern Australia and southern New Guinea | |
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