Afrotis

Afrotis
Afrotis in Iconographia Zoologica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Otidiformes
Family: Otididae
Genus: Afrotis
Gray, GR, 1855
Type species
Otis afra[1]
Linnaeus, 1758
Species

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Afrotis is a genus of bustard in the family Otididae. The genus is endemic to southern Africa, and contains two species. It is sometimes included in the genus Eupodotis.[2]

Species

Genus Afrotis – Gray, GR, 1855 – two species
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population
Southern black korhaan

Afrotis afra
(Smith, 1831) 		Western and southern South Africa, from Little Namaqualand to Cape Town and east to Grahamstown Size:

Habitat:

Diet: 		 LC 


Northern black korhaan

Afrotis afraoides
(Linnaeus, 1758)

Three subspecies
  • A. a. etoschae (Grote 1922)
  • A. a. damarensis Roberts 1926
  • A. a. afraoides (Smith 1831)
Southern Africa. Size:

Habitat:

Diet: 		 LC 


References

  1. ^ "Otididae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-27.
  2. ^ Collar, Nigel (1996), "Family Otididae (Bustards)", in del Hoyo, Josep; Elliott, Andrew; Sargatal, Jordi (eds.), Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 3, Hoatzin to Auks, Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, pp. 240–273, ISBN 84-87334-20-2


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