Bustards (Otididae)
Black Bustard (Afrotis afra) - HBW 3, p. 271
French: Outarde korhaan
German: Gackeltrappe
Spanish: Sisón Negro Alioscuro
Other common names: Black Korhaan, Little Black Bustard
Taxonomy: Otis afra Linnaeus, 1758, Cape of Good Hope.
Genus frequently merged with Eupodotis. Present species forms parapatric species pair with A. afraoides, with which often considered conspecific. In past, species name commonly misspelt atra, the error originally arising probably from poorly printed text; scientific description has frequently been cited as Linnaeus, 1766, but pre-dated by valid 1758 description. Monotypic.
Distribution: South Africa in W & S Cape Province, from Little Namaqualand S to Cape Town, then E to Grahamstown.
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A male walking and feeding Locality De Hoop Nature Reserve, Western Cape Province, South Africa (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 6 August 1998 8 years ago 20 sec 4.4 -
A male scratching its leg and feeding Locality West Coast National Park, Western Cape Province, South Africa (Monotypic species)
Robert Wynands 25 October 2007 4 years ago 33 sec 3.8 -
A male walking Locality De Hoop Nature Reserve, Western Cape Province, South Africa (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 6 August 1998 8 years ago 20 sec 3.3 -
A male feeding and preening itself Locality De Hoop Nature Reserve, Western Cape Province, South Africa (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 6 August 1998 8 years ago 22 sec 3.2
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Male at the Seeberg lookout.
Locality West Coast National Park, Western Cape Province, South Africa (Monotypic species)
Martin Flack 20 October 2011 10 weeks ago 3 -
Male at the Seeberg lookout.
Locality West Coast National Park, Western Cape Province, South Africa (Monotypic species)
Martin Flack 20 October 2011 10 weeks ago 2.9 -
An adult male, flying in a threat display.
Locality Addo Elephant National Park, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa (Monotypic species)
Carmelo López 17 November 2010 51 weeks ago 1.9
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Short flight calls. Locality Karoopoort, Western Cape Province, South Africa
(Monotypic species)
Charles Hesse 31 May 2010 1 year ago 2.5
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