Buff-crested Bustard (Lophotis gindiana)

Family
Otididae (Bustards)

Size
54 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Oustalet, 1881)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland dry shrubland, dry savanna. From sea-level - 1,800 m.

Range (Guide)

Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania [United Republic of], Uganda.

South-eastern Sudan, southern Ethiopia, Djibouti and Somalia through Kenya to northern and north-central Tanzania.

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 (14)...)

Buff-crested Bustard (Lophotis gindiana) [XC94808]
by Andrew Spencer from Ruaha National Park, Iringa, Tanzania (call)

Buff-crested Bustard (Lophotis gindiana) [XC795287]
by id from Samburu National Reserve, Kenya (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 Red-crested Bustard (Lophotis ruficrista) and Savile's Bustard (Lophotis savilei) and all often considered conspecific. Birds of northern and central Somalia formerly awarded separate subspecies, hilgerti.

No subspecies.

References
See References.

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