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Bustards - bustards, korhaans, and floricans

Order: Otidiformes - 1 out of 1 family depicted
(Order: Gruiformes - Depending on the source, these birds are subsumed under Gruiformes or put in their own order.)
Family: Otididae - 4 species in 3 genera depicted out of 26 species in 11 genera

Species on page

+ Kori bustard (Ardeotis kori)
+ Black-bellied bustard (Eupodotis melanogaster)
+ Ruppell's Korhaan (Eupodotis rueppelii)
+ Northern black korhaan (Afrotis afraoides)

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Tanzania 2006

Kori bustard (Ardeotis kori)

A bustard of a bird

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Kori bustard
Ardeotis kori

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Kori

Kori bustard (Ardeotis kori)
Etosha, Namibia
January 11, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2
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Black-bellied bustard (Eupodotis melanogaster)

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Belly black

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Black-bellied bustard
Eupodotis melanogaster
drosophilia's cousin???

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Ruppell's Korhaan (Eupodotis rueppelii)

Ruppell's

Ruppell's Korhaan (Eupodotis rueppelii)
Welwitschia Drive, Namibia
January 14, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2

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Northern black korhaan (Afrotis afraoides)

As foretold in the korhaan

Northern black korhaan (Afrotis afraoides)
Etosha, Namibia
January 12, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2
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Call of the korhaan

Northern black korhaan (Afrotis afraoides)
Etosha, Namibia
January 12, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2
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Male Korhaan

Northern black korhaan (Afrotis afraoides)
On the road
Namibia
August 13, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
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Female Korhaan

Northern black korhaan (Afrotis afraoides)
Namibia
August 19, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
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Created: February 7, 2014 (from limpkins)
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