Eupodotis

Eupodotis
White-bellied bustard
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Otidiformes
Family: Otididae
Genus: Eupodotis
Lesson, 1839
Type species
Otis rhaad[1]
Rüppell, 1837

Eupodotis is a genus of bird in the bustard family Otididae. It contains two species, all restricted to Africa. Species in the genera Afrotis and Lophotis are sometimes included in this genus;[2] however some authorities separate the Karoo korhaan, Rüpell's Korhaan and little brown bustard as a separate genus Heterotetrax.[3]

Egg, Collection Museum Wiesbaden

Species

Genus Eupodotis – Lesson, 1839 – two species
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population
White-bellied bustard

Eupodotis senegalensis
(Vieillot, 1821)

Five subspecies
  • E. s. barrowii (Gray 1829) (Barrow's/southern white-bellied Bustard)
  • E. s. canicollis (Reichenow 1881) (Somali white-bellied knorhaan)
  • E. s. erlangeri (Reichenow 1905)
  • E. s. mackenziei White 1945
  • E. s. senegalensis (Vieillot 1821)
Saharan Africa Size:

Habitat:

Diet: 		 LC 


Blue korhaan

Eupodotis caerulescens
(Vieillot, 1821) 		South Africa Size:

Habitat:

Diet: 		 NT 



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
  3. ^ List 6


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