- 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
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
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Hartlaub's Bustard. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 17 September 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Hartlaub%27s_Bustard
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