Savile's bustard

Savile's bustard
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Gruiformes
Family:	Otididae
Genus:	Lophotis
Species:	L. savilei
Binomial name
*Lophotis savilei* (Lynes, 1920)

The Savile's bustard (Lophotis savilei) is a species of bird in the Otididae family. It is found in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Ivory Coast, Gambia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, and Sudan.

References

BirdLife International 2004. Eupodotis savilei. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 July 2007.

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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