Lophotis

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.[1]

Lophotis
Red-crested korhaan (Lophotis ruficrista)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Otidiformes
Family: Otididae
Genus: Lophotis
Reichenbach, 1848
Species

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Range map of the three species of genus Lophotis

Species

ImageScientific nameCommon NameDistribution
Lophotis savileiSavile's bustardBurkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Ivory Coast, Gambia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, and Sudan.
Lophotis gindianaBuff-crested bustardDjibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda.
Lophotis ruficristaRed-crested korhaanAngola, Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

References

  1. 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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