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
Red-crested korhaan (L. ruficrista),
male calling in display, South Africa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
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 edit

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.
  Lophotis ruficrista Red-crested korhaan Angola, Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

References edit

  1. ^ "Otididae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-27.
  2. ^ 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