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.[2]
| Lophotis | |
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| Red-crested korhaan (L. ruficrista), male calling in display, South Africa | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Otidiformes |
| Family: | Otididae |
| Genus: | Lophotis Reichenbach, 1848 |
| Type species | |
| Otis ruficrista[1] A. Smith, 1836 | |
| Species | |
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Lophotis savilei Lophotis gindiana Lophotis ruficrista | |
Species
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lophotis savilei | Savile's bustard | Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Ivory Coast, Gambia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, and Sudan. | |
 | Lophotis gindiana | Buff-crested bustard | Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. |
_male_(13799426305)%252C_crop.jpg.webp) | Lophotis ruficrista | Red-crested korhaan | Angola, Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. |
References
- "Otididae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-27.
- 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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