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Denham's Bustard* |
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Neotis denhami |
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Description (10)
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Denham's Bustard
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Other Names (World)
Denham's Bustard, Stanley Bustard, Burchell's Bustard (burchellii)
Family
Otididae (Bustards)
Size
80 - 100 cm
First Described (Guide)
(Children, 1826)
Habitat
Grasslands, grassy Acacia-studded dunes, fairly dense shrubland, light woodland, farmland, crops, dried marsh and arid scrub plains, grass-covered ironstone pans and burnt savanna woodland, high rainfall sour grassveld, planted pastures and cereal croplands. From sea-level - 3,000 m.
Angola (B) (NB), Benin (B) (NB), Botswana (B) (NB), Burkina Faso (B) (NB), Burundi (B) (NB), Cameroon (B) (NB), Central African Republic (B) (NB), Chad (B) (NB), Congo [The Democratic Republic of the] (B) (NB), Congo [The Democratic Republic of the] (B) (NB), Côte dIvoire (B) (NB), Eritrea (B) (NB), Ethiopia (B) (NB), Gambia (B) (NB), Ghana (B) (NB), Guinea (B) (NB), Kenya (B) (NB), Lesotho (B) (NB), Malawi (B) (NB), Mali (B) (NB), Mauritania (B) (NB), Mozambique (B) (NB), Namibia (B) (NB), Niger (B) (NB), Nigeria (B) (NB), Rwanda (B) (NB), Senegal (B) (NB), Sierra Leone (B) (NB), South Africa (B) (NB), Sudan (B) (NB), Swaziland (B) (NB), Tanzania [United Republic of] (B) (NB), Togo (B) (NB), Uganda (B) (NB), Zambia (B) (NB), Zimbabwe (B) (NB).
Vagrant to Gabon (B) (NB).
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010) and decreasing.
Status NT
Conversion of grassland and light woodland to agriculture, hunting are the main threats.
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
Food
Insects, small vertebrates, plant material.
Voice
Mostly silent.
Subspecies
Genus sometimes merged with Otis. Present species may form parapatric species pair with Heuglin's Bustard (Neotis heuglinii). Normally considered to include form "burchellii" of uncertain status, known only by type specimen from eastern Sudan. In past, present species was at times known as Neotis cafra, but due to confusion in nomenclature with White-bellied Bustard (Eupodotis senegalensis), name cafra was officially suppressed.
The following 3 subspecies are recognised:
- denhami (Children, 1826) - South-western Mauritania and Senegambia east to northern Uganda and Ethiopia.
- jacksoni Bannerman, 1930 - Kenya and western Tanzania south to Zambia, northern Botswana and northern Zimbabwe; southern Congo and western Zaire; south-western Angola.
- stanleyi (Gray, JE, 1831) - South Africa and Swaziland.
References
See References.
Files:
BirdLife International
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