Neotis
Genus of birds
Neotis | |
---|---|
Ludwig's bustard (Neotis ludwigii) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Otidiformes |
Family: | Otididae |
Genus: | Neotis Sharpe, 1893 |
Neotis is a bird genus in the family Otididae. It contains the following species:[1]
Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
---|---|---|---|
Neotis heuglinii | Heuglin's bustard | Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia | |
Neotis ludwigii | Ludwig's bustard | Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, and South Africa. | |
Neotis nuba | Nubian bustard | Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, and Sudan. | |
Neotis denhami | Denham's bustard | Sub-Saharan Africa |
References
- ^ "ITIS Report: Neotis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 21 May 2010.
- v
- t
- e
Genera of cuckoos, bustards, turacos and their extinct allies
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Aves
- Clade: Passerea
- Clade: Otidimorphae
|
|
This bird-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- v
- t
- e