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 VU    Southern Black Bustard* Id (Atlas):
    Afrotis afra

Description (10)
Image of Southern Black Bustard
 

Other Names (World)
Southern Black Bustard, Black Bustard, Black Korhaan, Southern Black Korhaan, Little Black Bustard

Family
Otididae (Bustards)

Size
52 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Linnaeus, 1766)

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

Range (Guide)
South Africa.

South Africa in western and southern Cape Province, from Little Namaqualand south to Cape Town, then east to Grahamstown.
 
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 VU
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (20)...)

 
Southern Black Korhaan (Afrotis afra) [XC392278]
     by Alan Collett from West Coast NP, Langebaan, Western Cape, South Africa (call)

 
Southern Black Korhaan (Afrotis afra) [XC289456]
     by Lynette Rudman from West Coast National Park, West Coast DC, Western Cape, South Africa (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 Northern Black Bustard (Afrotis afraoides), with which often considered conspecific. In past, species name commonly misspelt atra.

No subspecies.


References
See References.


Files:
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