Lophotis gindiana

(Oustalet, 1881)

Vernacular names
English : Buff-crested bustard
French : Outarde d’Oustalet

Classification
Class : Aves
Order : Otidiformes
Family : Otididae
Notes : No subspecies known.

Identification
The species can reach 50 cm in size for a weight of 900 g. Wings brown with dark barring and mottling. Black belly. Neck grey (for males) with black longitudinal stripe reaching black belly. Back of neck and head orange-buff colored.

Range and habitat
The species occurs in eastern Africa from South-east Sudan and eastern Ethiopia to Kenya, Uganda and north Tanzania. Lives in arid and semi arid bushy savanna, up to 1800 meters.

Conservation
IUCN RED LIST : LEAST CONCERN
CITES : Appendix II
Status : The species’ status is unclear as the species is sometimes treated as conspecific with two other bustards. Seems reasonably common except in Sudan.
Ex-Situ Programs : SSP in America

Observation
Dallas Zoo (USA), San Antonio Zoo (USA), Houston Zoo (USA)

 

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