Lophotis

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Lophotis
Red-crested Korhaan (Lophotis ruficrista) male calling (16728686304), crop.jpg
Red-crested korhaan (L. ruficrista),
male calling in display, South Africa
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Otidiformes
Family: Otididae
Genus: Lophotis
Reichenbach, 1848
Type species
Otis ruficrista [1]
A. Smith, 1836
Species

see text

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  Lophotis savilei
  Lophotis gindiana
  Lophotis ruficrista

Lophotis is a genus of bustard in the family Otididae. The genus contains three species, all found in Africa. All three species are sometimes placed in the genus Eupodotis , and are closely related to that genus and the genus Afrotis . One distinctive feature of the genus is a pink retractile crest. [2]

Species

ImageScientific nameCommon nameDistribution
Lophotis savilei Savile's bustard Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Ivory Coast, Gambia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, and Sudan.
Crested Bustard - Eupodotis ruficrista gindiana.jpg Lophotis gindiana Buff-crested bustard Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda.
Red-crested Korhaan (Lophotis ruficrista) male (13799426305), crop.jpg Lophotis ruficrista Red-crested korhaan Angola, Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

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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