Black-bellied Bustard (Lissotis melanogaster) [XC391914]
by Derek Solomon from Kruger Park (near Kruger National Park), Mopani, Limpopo, South Africa (call)
Black-bellied Bustard (Lissotis melanogaster) [XC348352]
by Werner van der Walt from Choma, Choma, Southern Province, Zambia (call, display call)
Subspecies
Forms superspecies with Hartlaub's Bustard (Lissotis hartlaubii).
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
melanogaster (Rüppell, 1835) - Africa south of Sahel south to R Zambezi and southern Angola; absent from regions of heavy forest and from most of Horn of Africa.
notophila Oberholser, 1905 - Zimbabwe and Mozambique south of R Zambezi to extreme eastern South Africa and Swaziland.