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 LC    Red-crested Bustard* Id (Atlas):
    Lophotis ruficrista

Description (10)
Image of Red-crested Bustard
 

Other Names (World)
Red-crested Bustard, Red-crested Korhaan, Buff-crested Bustard(!), Crested Bustard, Bush Bustard

Family
Otididae (Bustards)

Size
50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Smith, 1836)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland dry shrubland, dry savanna.

Range (Guide)
Angola, Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Southern Angola and north-eastern Namibia through Botswana, south-western Zambia and Zimbabwe to southern Mozambique, northern South Africa and Swaziland.
 
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 (31)...)

 
Red-crested Korhaan (Lophotis ruficrista) [XC280408]
     by Derek Solomon from Mopani area, Kruger National Park, Limpopo, South Africa (song)

 
Red-crested Korhaan (Lophotis ruficrista) [XC127181]
     by Niall Perrins from Mapungubwe National Park, South Africa (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).

Forms superspecies with Buff-crested Bustard (Lophotis gindiana) and Savile's Bustard (Lophotis savilei) and all often considered conspecific.

No subspecies.


References
See References.


Files:
JPG files for Red-crested Bustard (Lophotis ruficrista) - 10 files


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