Savile's Bustard (Lophotis savilei)

Other Names (World)
Savile's Bustard, Lynes's Bustard, Pygmy Bustard

Family
Otididae (Bustards)

Size
41 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Lynes, 1920)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland dry shrubland, dry savanna.

Range (Guide)

Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, C�te dIvoire, Gambia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan.

South-western Mauritania and Senegal through Mali, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Niger, north-eastern Nigeria and Chad to central Sudan.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (8)...)

Savile's Bustard (Lophotis savilei) [XC334593]
by Bram Piot from Guembeul area, Saint-Louis, Senegal (song)

Savile's Bustard (Lophotis savilei) [XC494397]
by Bram Piot from Toubab Dialaw (plateau), Dakar, Senegal (song)

Subspecies
Red-crested Bustard (Lophotis ruficrista), Savile's Bustard (Lophotis savilei) and Buff-crested Bustard (Lophotis gindiana) (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) are retained as separate species contra Dowsett and Forbes-Watson (1993) who include savilei and gindiana as subspecies of Red-crested Bustard (Lophotis ruficrista).

Genus frequently merged with Eupodotis. Forms superspecies with Buff-crested Bustard (Lophotis gindiana) and Red-crested Bustard (Lophotis ruficrista), but not known to perform their rocket-flight displays. All are often considered conspecific.

No subspecies.

References
See References.

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