Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Bustards :: Arabian Bustard

Arabian Bustard Ardeotis arabs

Described by: Linnaeus (1758)
Alternate common name(s): Great Arabian Bustard, Sudan Bustard
Old scientific name(s): Choriotis arabs, Otis tarda

Photographs

near Galelo, Eritrea - 2003 © Jugal Tiwari 
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Range

Sahal zone of Africa and sw. Arabia;
(1) Nw. Morocco.
(2) Sw. Mauritania, Senegambia, s. Mali, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, s. Niger, s. Chad in the Lake Chad region to ne. Sudan.
(3) S. Sudan and n. Kenya (Lake Turkana).
(4) Nw. and nc. Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, n. Somalia and sw. Arabia (Yemen).

Videos

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Sounds

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References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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