Showing posts with label Genus Lophotis. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Genus Lophotis. Show all posts

Monday, August 27, 2012

>Lophotis ruficrista (Red-crested Korhaan)

Red-crested Korhaan


Red-crested Korhaan
Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Gruiformes
Family:Otididae
Genus:Lophotis
Species:L. ruficrista
Binomial name
Lophotis ruficrista
(Smith, 1836)
The Red-crested Korhaan or Red-crested Bustard (Lophotis ruficrista) is a species of bird in the Otididae family. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.


>Lophotis gindiana (Buff-crested Bustard)

Buff-crested Bustard


Buff-crested Bustard
Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Gruiformes
Family:Otididae
Genus:Lophotis
Species:L. gindiana
Binomial name
Lophotis gindiana
Oustalet, 1881
The Buff-crested Bustard (Lophotis gindiana) is a species of bird in the Otididae family. It is found in Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya,
Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda.

>Lophotis savilei (Savile's Bustard)

Savile's Bustard






Savile's Bustard
Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Gruiformes
Family:Otididae
Genus:Lophotis
Species:L. savilei
Binomial name
Lophotis savilei
(Lynes, 1920)
The Savile's Bustard (Lophotis savilei) is a species of bird in the Otididae family. It is found in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Ivory Coast, Gambia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger,Nigeria, Senegal, and Sudan.

>>Genus Lophotis

Lophotis



Lophotis
Red-crested Korhaan
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Gruiformes
Family:Otididae
Genus:Lophotis
Reichenbach, 1848
Species
see text
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.

Species

  • Lophotis
    • Savile's Bustard, Lophotis savilei
    • Buff-crested Bustard, Lophotis gindiana
    • Red-crested Korhaan, Lophotis ruficrista