Bustards (Otididae)
Black-bellied Bustard (Lissotis melanogaster) - HBW 3, p. 272
French: Outarde à ventre noir
German: Schwarzbauchtrappe
Spanish: Sisón Ventrinegro Común
Other common names: Black-bellied Korhaan
Taxonomy: Otis melanogaster Rüppell, 1835, Lake Tsana, Ethiopia.
Genus frequently merged with Eupodotis. Present species forms superspecies with L. hartlaubii. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- melanogaster (Rüppell, 1835) - Africa S of Sahel S to R Zambezi and S Angola; absent from regions of heavy forest and from most of Horn of Africa.
- notophila Oberholser, 1905 - Zimbabwe and Mozambique S of R Zambezi to extreme E South Africa and Swaziland.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Bird walking and hiding in habitat. Locality KwaZulu Natal Province, South Africa (ssp notophila)
Doug and Denise Norris 9 September 2008 5 days ago ADDED LAST WEEK 32 sec 4.4 -
A male bird calling from a raised mound of earth, Lower Sabie, Kruger National Park. Locality South Africa
Dave Jackson 3 February 2006 3 years ago 39 sec 4.4 -
A female walking. Locality Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda (ssp melanogaster)
Eldert Groenewoud 2 March 2008 4 years ago 24 sec 4.3 -
A male calling Locality Mkuze Game Reserve, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, KwaZulu Natal Province, South Africa (ssp notophila)
Keith Blomerley 18 October 2004 7 years ago 22 sec 4.1 -
bird walking Locality Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda (ssp melanogaster)
Daniêl Jimenez 22 September 2010 2 years ago 59 sec 4 -
A male walking on a field. Locality Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda (ssp melanogaster)
Eldert Groenewoud 2 March 2008 4 years ago 37 sec 4
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On the ground
Locality Kruger National Park, South Africa (ssp notophila)
Guy Poisson 28 October 2012 26 weeks ago 4.3 -
In a field
Locality Bahir Dar, Amhara Region, Ethiopia (ssp melanogaster)
John A Thompson 18 January 2012 1 year ago 4.3 -
a male among the tall grass
Locality Serengeti National Park, Serengeti, Tanzania (ssp melanogaster)
Marco Valentini 10 August 2002 1 year ago 4.2 -
Black-bellied Bustard, Eupodotis (Lissotis) melanogaster in Kruger National Park, South Africa
Locality South Africa (ssp notophila)
LHarding 5 November 2008 4 years ago 4 -
adult in flight
Locality Serengeti National Park, Serengeti, Tanzania
M P Goodey 1 February 2007 1 year ago 3.9 -
Male calling
Locality Swaziland
Philip Perry 10 October 2009 1 year ago 3.8
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Calling from a mound of earth. Satara area. 6:12am. Locality Kruger National Park, South Africa
(ssp notophila)
Charles Hesse 26 December 2009 3 years ago 3
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