| White-bellied bustard | |
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| Male calling at Maasai Mara, Kenya | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Otidiformes |
| Family: | Otididae |
| Genus: | Eupodotis |
| Species: | E. senegalensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Eupodotis senegalensis (Vieillot, 1820) | |
| Synonyms | |
| Eupodotis barrowii | |
The white-bellied bustard or white-bellied korhaan (Eupodotis senegalensis) is an African species of bustard. It is widespread in sub-Saharan Africa in grassland and open woodland habitats.[2]
Description
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It is rather small for a bustard, 48 to 61 centimetres (19 to 24 in) long. All are tawny brown above and on the breast and white on the belly, with cream-coloured legs; juveniles have light brown necks and heads, and adults have blue-grey necks. The adult female has a grey crown, a brown and buff line below the eye, and black speckling on the throat. The adult male has a black crown, black lines on the white cheeks, a black throat patch, and a pinkish-red bill. The call, often given in the early morning and late evening, has been described as "a very loud, guttural k'whuka WHUKa, k'wuka WHUKa..., or k'warrak, k'warrak...[3]
This species is usually seen in pairs or family groups, as young stay with their parents much longer than those of other bustards in the region.[3]
Subspecies
Five subspecies are recognized:[4]
- E. s. senegalensis (Vieillot, 1820) – southwestern Mauritania and Guinea, east to Central African Republic, central Sudan, and perhaps Eritrea (Senegal bustard)
- E. s. canicollis (Reichenow, 1881) – Ethiopia south to northeastern Tanzania
- E. s. erlangeri (Reichenow, 1905) – southern Kenya and western Tanzania
- E. s. mackenziei C.M.N. White, 1945 – eastern Gabon and central Democratic Republic of the Congo to Zambia, Angola and northern Namibia
- E. s. barrowii (J.E. Gray, 1829, sometimes considered a distinct species) – Botswana, South Africa, Swaziland and Lesotho (Barrow's korhaan)
References
- ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Eupodotis senegalensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ^ Sibley, Charles G.; Monroe, Burt L. Jr. (1990), Distribution and Taxonomy of Birds of the World, Yale University Press, p. 217, ISBN 0-300-04969-2, retrieved 2010-03-24
- ^ a b Zimmerman, Dale A.; Turner, Donald A.; Pearson, David J. (1999), Birds of Kenya and Northern Tanzania, Princeton University Press, pp. 76–77, 328, ISBN 0-691-01022-6
- ^ White-bellied Bustard, Internet Bird Collection
- White-bellied bustard, Birdlife International
External links
- White-bellied bustard - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds