Buff-crested Bustard (Lophotis gindiana) [XC266851]
by Frank Lambert from Yabello - Mega Road, 26 km south of Yabello, Ethiopia (call)
Buff-crested Bustard (Lophotis gindiana) [XC613356]
by Michael Hurben from Awash National Park, Ethiopia (song, display song)
Subspecies
Red-crested Bustard (Lophotis ruficrista), Savile's Bustard (Lophotis savilei) and Buff-crested Bustard (Lophotis gindiana) (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) are retained as separate species contra Dowsett and Forbes-Watson (1993) who include savilei and gindiana as subspecies of Red-crested Bustard (Lophotis ruficrista).
Genus frequently merged with Eupodotis. Forms superspecies with Red-crested Bustard (Lophotis ruficrista) and Savile's Bustard (Lophotis savilei) and all often considered conspecific. Birds of northern and central Somalia formerly awarded separate subspecies, hilgerti.