Arabian Bustard (Ardeotis arabs)

Other Names (World)
Arabian Bustard, Sudan Bustard, Great Arabian Bustard

Family
Otididae (Bustards)

Size
74 - 90 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Linnaeus, 1758)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland dry shrubland. From sea-level - 200 m.

Range (Guide)

Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, C�te dIvoire, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia (B) (NB), Senegal, Sudan, Yemen (B).

Vagrant to Algeria, Gambia, Kenya, Somalia.

Unknown to Guinea-bissau.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status NT
Habitat destruction and unsustainable levels of hunting are the main threats.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files

Arabian Bustard (Ardeotis arabs) [XC209985]
by id from Aledeghe WIldlife Reserve, Ethiopia (call)

Subspecies
In past, genus frequently labelled Choriotis, but Ardeotis has priority. Genus sometimes merged with Otis. Forms superspecies with Kori Bustard (Ardeotis kori). All four Ardeotis have occasionally been placed in same superspecies.

The following 4 subspecies are recognised:

lynesi ! (Bannerman, 1930) - Western Morocco (probably extinct).
stieberi (Neumann, 1907) - South-western Mauritania and Senegambia east to north-eastern Sudan.
butleri (Bannerman, 1930) - Southern Sudan; single record in north-western Kenya.
arabs (Linnaeus, 1758) - Eritrea, Ethiopia, Djibouti and north-western Somalia; south-western Saudi Arabia and western Yemen.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Arabian Bustard (Ardeotis arabs) - 10 files

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