Bustards (Otididae) - HBW 3
Buff-crested Bustard (Lophotis gindiana)
French: Outarde d'Oustalet
German: Oustalettrappe
Spanish: Sisón Moñudo Etíope
Taxonomy: Eupodotis Gindiana Oustalet, 1881, East Africa between Somalia and Zanzibar.
Genus frequently merged with Eupodotis. Present species forms superspecies with L. ruficrista and L. savilei; all three often considered conspecific. Birds of N & C Somalia formerly awarded separate race, hilgerti. Monotypic.
Distribution: SE Sudan, S Ethiopia, Djibouti and Somalia through Kenya to N & NC Tanzania.
- Least Concern
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A bird walking and running on the ground Yabello, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Ron Hoff 7 December 2007 2 years ago 32 sec 4 -
A bird feeding on flowers Samburu-Buffalo Springs National Reserves, Kenya (Monotypic species)
Brooke Clibbon 22 December 2002 4 years ago 34 sec 4 -
A bird on the ground, alert. Afar Plains, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 27 November 2005 4 years ago 45 sec 3.7
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A male on the ground Samburu-Buffalo Springs National Reserves, Kenya
Jean Hupperetz 27 November 2008 10 weeks ago 3.5 -
a male Awash National Park, Ethiopia
Stefan Helming 12 December 2009 13 weeks ago 3 -
A female looking intently at the ground (or sky?) Samburu-Buffalo Springs National Reserves, Kenya
Robert Wynands 23 July 1994 15 weeks ago 3 -
A female looking wary Samburu-Buffalo Springs National Reserves, Kenya
Robert Wynands 23 July 1995 15 weeks ago 3 -
Side view of a female looking at the photographer Samburu-Buffalo Springs National Reserves, Kenya
Robert Wynands 23 July 1994 15 weeks ago 2.5 -
A bird hiding in the grass Samburu-Buffalo Springs National Reserves, Kenya
Robert Wynands 22 December 2002 14 weeks ago 2
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