Kori Bustard (Ardeotis kori)

Other Names (World)
Kori Bustard, Large Bustard

Family
Otididae (Bustards)

Size
128 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Burchell, 1822)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland dry grassland and shrubland, temperate grassland, dry savanna. From sea-level - 2,000 m.

Range (Guide)

Angola, Botswana, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland (E) (B), Tanzania [United Republic of], Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status NT
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (2)...)

Kori Bustard (Ardeotis kori) [XC320416]
by Frank Lambert from Aberdeen Plain, Western District, Eastern Cape, South Africa (flight call)

Kori Bustard (Ardeotis kori) [XC418746]
by Lynette Rudman from Bochum, Central, Limpopo, South Africa (call)

Subspecies
Forms superspecies with Arabian Bustard (Ardeotis arabs). Sometimes alternatively considered to form superspecies with Great Indian Bustard (Ardeotis nigriceps) and Australian Bustard (Ardeotis australis), and all three have even been lumped together in single species, Kori Bustard (Ardeotis kori). All four Ardeotis have occasionally been placed in same superspecies.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

struthiunculus (Neumann, 1907) - North-western Somalia and central Ethiopia through south-eastern Sudan, north-eastern Uganda and Kenya to northern Tanzania.
kori (Burchell, 1822) - Southern Angola and Namibia east through Botswana to southern Zimbabwe and southern Mozambique, and south to South Africa.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Kori Bustard (Ardeotis kori) - 10 files

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