Northern Black Bustard (Afrotis afraoides)

Other Names (World)
Northern Black Bustard, White-quilled Bustard, White-quilled Korhaan, Northern Black Korhaan

Family
Otididae (Bustards)

Size
52 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Smith, 1831)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland dry grassland and shrubland, dry savanna.

Range (Guide)

Angola (B), Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa.

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 (63)...)

Northern Black Korhaan (Afrotis afraoides) [XC126264]
by Sander Bot from Benfontijn Gamereserve, Lejweleputswa, Free State, South Africa (call)

Northern Black Korhaan (Afrotis afraoides) [XC610204]
by Derek Solomon from Grassland area near Marianne ave, Centurion, Gauteng, South Africa (call, flight call)

Subspecies
Southern Black Bustard (Afrotis afra) and Northern Black Bustard (Afrotis afraoides) (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) are retained as separate species contra Dowsett and Forbes-Watson (1993) who include afraoides as a subspecies of Southern Black Bustard (Afrotis afra).

Forms parapatric species pair with Southern Black Bustard (Afrotis afra), with which often considered conspecific. Proposed subspecies mababiensis (north-western Botswana) and kalaharica (Kalahari Desert) nowadays included in etoschae and damarensis respectively.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

etoschae (Grote, 1922) - North-western Namibia and northern Botswana.
damarensis Roberts, 1926 - Namibia and central Botswana.
afraoides (Smith, 1831) - South-eastern Botswana through northern and north-eastern South Africa (northern Cape Province, western Transvaal, Orange Free State) to Lesotho.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Northern Black Bustard (Afrotis afraoides) - 10 files

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