Otididae

The family of the otididés (or Otididae ) includes/understands the 26 species of bustards , Oiseau X terrestrial squat, of large size with average (from 40 to 120 cm), with the long neck and long legs.
On finds them in the Old world, of Eurasia until in Australia, with greatest diversity in Africa. The bustards attend the grassy plains, with sometimes undergrowth or wood lights, in tropical or moderate areas hot.

Alphabetical list of the kinds

  • Afrotis (F.) G.R. Gray, 1855
  • Ardeotis (F.) Maout, 1853
  • Chlamydotis (F.) Lesson, 1839
  • Eupodotis (F.) Lesson, 1839
  • Houbaropsis (F.) Sharpe, 1893
  • Lissotis (F.) Reichenbach, 1848
  • Lophotis (F.) Reichenbach 1848
  • Neotis (F.) Sharpe, 1893
  • Otis (F.) Linnaeus, 1758
  • Sypheotides (Mr.) Lesson, 1839
  • Tetrax (Mr.) Forster, 1817

List species

  • greater bustard - Otis delayed Linnaeus, 1758 - Great Bustard
  • Outarde Arab - Ardeotis arabs (Linnaeus, 1758) - Arabian Bustard
  • Outarde kori - Ardeotis kori (Burchell, 1822) - Kori Bustard
  • Outarde with black head - Ardeotis nigriceps (Vigors, 1831) - Great Indian Bustard
  • Outarde of Australia - Ardeotis australis (J.E. Gray, 1829) - Australian Bustard
  • Outarde will houbara of Africa - Chlamydotis undulata (Jacquin, 1784) - African Houbara Bustard
  • Outarde will houbara of Asia - Chlamydotis maqueenii (J.E. Gray, 1832) - Asian Houbara Bustard
  • Bustard of Ludwig - Neotis ludwigii (Children & Vigors, 1826) - Ludwig' S Bustard
  • Bustard of Denham - Neotis denhami (Children & Vigors, 1826) - Denham' S Bustard
  • Bustard of Heuglin - Neotis heuglinii (Hartlaub, 1859) - Heuglin' S Bustard
  • Nubian Bustard - Neotis nuba (Cretzschmar, 1826) - Nubian Bustard
  • Bustard of Senegal - Eupodotis senegalensis (Old-fashioned, 1820) - White-bellied Bustard
  • leaded Bustard - Eupodotis caerulescens (Old-fashioned, 1820) - Blue Bustard
  • Bustard of Vigors - Eupodotis vigorsii (A. Smith, 1831) - Karoo Bustard
  • Bustard of Rüppell - Eupodotis rueppellii (Wahlberg, 1856) - Rüppell' S Bustard
  • Somali Bustard - Eupodotis humilis (Blyth, 1856) - Little Brown Bustard
  • Bustard of Savile - Lophotis savilei Lynes, 1920 - Savile' S Bustard
  • Bustard of Oustalet - Lophotis gindiana (Oustalet, 1881) - Buff-crested Bustard
  • Bustard houppette - Lophotis ruficrista (A. Smith, 1836) - Red-crested Bustard
  • Bustard korhaan - Afrotis will afra (Linnaeus, 1758) - Black Bustard
  • Outarde with white mirror - Afrotis afraoides (A. Smith, 1831) - White-quilled Bustard
  • Bustard with black belly - Lissotis melanogaster (Ruppell, 1835) - Black-bellied Bustard
  • Bustard of Hartlaub - Lissotis hartlaubii (Heuglin, 1863) - Hartlaub' S Bustard
  • Bustard of Bengal - Houbaropsis bengalensis (Gmelin, 1789) - Bengal Florican
  • Bustard passarage - Sypheotides indica (J.F. Miller, 1782) - To injure Florican
  • Bustard canepetière - Tetrax tetrax (Linnaeus, 1758) - Little Bustard

Synonymy

With the Canada, the name bustard indicates the Bernache of Canada, for example in the toponym Québécois Rivière of the Bustards.

References

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