Buff-crested Bustard

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Photo by megan perkins
Tsavo East, Kenya. April 2006

Disambiguation: For the species Eupodotis ruficrista, see Red-crested Bustard.

Eupodotis gindiana

Identification

Length 46-53 cm. Belly black; no white in wings. Smaller than Black-bellied Bustard and Hartlaub's Bustard.

Distribution

Southeastern Sudan to southern Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya and northern Tanzania.

Taxonomy

A monotypic species.

Lophotis vs. Eupodotis

The species in genus Lophotis was formerly placed in genus Eupodotis by some authorities, however there now seems to be a consensus for using Lophotis.

Habitat

Dry woodland; seldom in open grassland.

References

1. Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
2. Dickinson, EC, ed. 2003. The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. 3rd ed., with updates to December 2007 (Corrigenda 7). Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0691117010
3. Sibley, CG and BL Monroe. 1996. Birds of the World, on diskette, Windows version 2.0. Charles G. Sibley, Santa Rosa, CA, USA.
4. Sinclair, I and P Ryan. 2003. Birds of Africa South of the Sahara. Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0691118154

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Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Buff-crested Bustard. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 6 June 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Buff-crested_Bustard

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