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A kori bustard is tall enough to feed from shrubs and small trees from the ground. The male kori bustard has a length of 105 to 135 cm (3 ft 5 in to 4 ft 5 in) [13] [14] and a wingspan of 230 to 275 cm (7 ft 7 in to 9 ft 0 in). [15] Male birds may typically weigh between 7 and 18 kg (15 and 40 lb).
Bustards are all fairly large with the two largest species, the kori bustard (Ardeotis kori) and the great bustard (Otis tarda), being frequently cited as the world's heaviest flying birds. In both the largest species, large males exceed a weight of 20 kg (44 lb), weigh around 13.5 kg (30 lb) on average and can attain a total length of 150 cm ...
Le Maout, 1853. Type species. Otis arabs (Arabian bustard) Linnaeus, 1758. Ardeotis is a genus of birds in the family Otididae. The genus was described in 1853 by the French naturalist Emmanuel Le Maout to accommodate the Arabian bustard.
Kori bustard Bustards are birds in the family Otididae in the monotypic order Otidiformes. There are currently 26 extant species of bustards recognised by the International Ornithologists' Union. Many species of fossil bustards are known from the Miocene onwards; however, their exact number and taxonomy are unsettled due to ongoing discoveries. Conventions IUCN Red List categories Conservation ...
The southern black korhaan (Afrotis afra), also known as the black bustard, is a species of bird in the bustard family, Otididae. [3] This small bustard is found in southwestern South Africa, from Namaqualand, south to Cape Town and east to Makhanda. [1] It prefers semi-arid habitats such as grasslands, shrublands and savannas where it can ...
The great Indian bustard is a large ground bird with a height of about one metre. It is unmistakable with its black cap contrasting with the pale head and neck. The body is brownish with a black patch spotted in white. The male is deep sandy buff coloured and during the breeding season has a black breast band. The crown of the head is black and ...
The kori bustard is the national bird of Botswana. A map of Botswana. This is a list of the bird species recorded in Botswana. The avifauna of Botswana included a total of 615 species, as of May 2023, according to BirdLife Botswana's Checklist of Birds in Botswana, supplemented by Avibase. [1] Of them, three have been introduced by humans.
Binomial name. Ardeotis australis. (Gray, JE, 1829) The Australian bustard (Ardeotis australis) is a large ground-dwelling bird that is common in grassland, woodland and open agricultural country across northern Australia and southern New Guinea. It stands at about one metre (3 ft 3 in) high, and its wingspan is around twice that length.