Buff-crested bustard

Buff-crested bustard

Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Gruiformes
Family:	Otididae
Genus:	Lophotis
Species:	L. gindiana
Binomial name
*Lophotis gindiana* Oustalet, 1881

Range map of the Lophotis species

The buff-crested bustard (Lophotis gindiana) is a species of bird in the Otididae family. It is found in Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda.

References

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↑ BirdLife International (2012). Lophotis gindiana. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3

Bustards (order: Otidiformes · family: Otididae)

Subfamily

Genus	Species

No subfamily

Afrotis	Northern black korhaan (E. afra) Southern black korhaan (E. afraoides)

Ardeotis	Arabian bustard (A. arabs) Kori bustard (A. kori) Great Indian bustard (A. nigriceps) Australian bustard (A. australis)

Chlamydotis	Houbara bustard, (C. undulata) Macqueen's bustard, (C. macqueeni)

Eupodotis	White-bellied bustard, (E. senegalensis) Blue korhaan, (E. caerulescens) Karoo korhaan, (E. vigorsii) Rüppell's korhaan, (E. rueppellii) Little brown bustard, (E. humilis)

Houbaropsis	Bengal florican, (H. bengalensis)

Neotis	Ludwig's bustard, (N. ludwigii) Denham's bustard, or Stanley bustard, (N. denhami) Heuglin's bustard, (N. heuglinii) Nubian bustard, (N. nuba)

Lissotis	Black-bellied bustard, (L. melanogaster) Hartlaub's bustard, (L. hartlaubii)

Lophotis	Savile's bustard, (L. savilei) Buff-crested bustard, (L. gindiana) Red-crested korhaan, (L. ruficrista)

Sypheotides	Lesser florican, (S. indicus)

Tetrax	Little bustard, (T. tetrax)

20 living species in nine genera

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