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Male
Photo by volker sthamer
Turmi, Ethiopia

Lissotis hartlaubii

Identification

Male 60 cm (23½ in)

Thick black post-ocular line
Thick black line from the eye down to the throat
Separated by white spot
Blackish lower back, rump and tail

Similar Species

Immature male. Note the mantle feathers showing the pale "spikes" with dark centres characteristic of this species
Photo by Glen Tepke
Amboseli National Park, Kenya, 13 June 2009

Similar to Black-bellied Bustard. Hartlaub should show nice white spikes on upperparts (white margins) combined with reduced dark centers. Tertials are hardly visible (barred in Black-bellied, uniform in Hartlaub)

Distribution

Africa: found from eastern Sudan to Ethiopia, Somalia, northeastern Uganda and northern Tanzania.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^[1].

Eupodotis vs. Lissotis

Some authorities (Sibley & Monroe, 1996) lump the genus Lissotis within Eupodotis. however there now seems to be a consensus for using Lissotis..

Habitat

Tall grassland in open areas with scattered acacia trees.

Behaviour

Diet

There is little information; they are known to eat invertebrates and some vegetable matter.

References

Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2016. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2016, with updates to August 2016. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved May 2017)
Kenya Birds

List of references

Recommended Citation

BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Hartlaub's Bustard. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 16 June 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Hartlaub%27s_Bustard

External Links

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+[[Image:Hartlaub s bustard - turmi 1b.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Male<br />Photo by {{user|volker+sthamer|volker sthamer}}<br />Turmi, [[Ethiopia]]]]
+;[[:Category:Lissotis|Lissotis]] hartlaubii
 ==Identification==
-Very similar to, and easily confused with, the more common Black-bellied Bustard. Hartlaub's generally prefers drier country but both may be seen in the same areas after the rains. Male Hartlaub's has more white in the closed wing and more distinctive markings on the face with a thick black post-ocular line, another thick black line from the eye down to the throat and definite white spot in between. The females are very difficult to tell apart but Hartlaub's has a pale line down the front of the neck. Amboseli seems to be one of the easier places to see it.
+Male 60 cm (23½ in)
+*Thick black post-ocular line
+*Thick black line from the eye down to the throat
+*Separated by white spot
+*Blackish lower back, rump and tail
+====Similar Species====
+[[Image:090613 Hartlaub's Bustard 1864.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Immature male. Note the mantle feathers showing the pale "spikes" with dark centres characteristic of this species<br />Photo by {{user|Glen+Tepke|Glen Tepke}}<br />[[Amboseli National Park]], [[Kenya]], 13 June 2009]]
+Similar to [[Black-bellied Bustard]]. Hartlaub should show nice white spikes on upperparts (white margins) combined with reduced dark centers. [[Topography#Wings|Tertials]] are hardly visible (barred in Black-bellied, uniform in Hartlaub)
 ==Distribution==
-World: Eastern Sudan, Ethiopia and western Somalia, north-eastern Uganda, Kenya, central and north-eastern Tanzania. Kenya: Local and uncommon, mostly in the South-East but also in the central highlands and, after rains, at Meru and Marsabit.
+[[Africa]]: found from eastern [[Sudan]] to [[Ethiopia]], [[Somalia]], northeastern [[Uganda]] and northern [[Tanzania]].
 ==Taxonomy==
+This is a [[Dictionary_M-S#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>.
+{{Eupodotis vs. Lissotis}}
 ==Habitat==
-=Behaviour==
+Tall grassland in open areas with scattered acacia trees.
+==Behaviour==
+====Diet====
+There is little information; they are known to eat invertebrates and some vegetable matter.
+==References==
+#{{Ref-Clements6thAug16}}#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved May 2017)
+#Kenya Birds
+{{ref}}
 ==External Links==
+{{GSearch|"Lissotis hartlaubii" {{!}} "Eupodotis hartlaubii" {{!}} "Hartlaub's Bustard"}}
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