Bustards (Otididae)
Great Indian Bustard (Ardeotis nigriceps) - HBW 3, p. 264
French: Outarde à tête noire
German: Hindutrappe
Spanish: Avutarda India
Other common names: Indian Bustard
Taxonomy: Otis nigriceps Vigors, 1831, Himalayas.
In past, genus frequently labelled Choriotis, but Ardeotis has priority; genus sometimes merged with Otis. Present species forms superspecies with A. australis; these two sometimes separated from their two congeners in genus Austrotis, or, erroneously, in genus Choriotis, but type species of latter is A. arabs. Superspecies sometimes considered to include A. kori, as well as A. australis; all three have even been lumped into single species, A. kori. All four Ardeotis have occasionally been placed in same superspecies.. View all taxonomy...
In past, genus frequently labelled Choriotis, but Ardeotis has priority; genus sometimes merged with Otis. Present species forms superspecies with A. australis; these two sometimes separated from their two congeners in genus Austrotis, or, erroneously, in genus Choriotis, but type species of latter is A. arabs. Superspecies sometimes considered to include A. kori, as well as A. australis; all three have even been lumped into single species, A. kori. All four Ardeotis have occasionally been placed in same superspecies. Monotypic.
Distribution: W & C India, from Rajasthan S through Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra to N Karnataka and W Andhra Pradesh; relict populations elsewhere.
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A male walking on a grassland, looking around. Locality Desert National Park, Rajasthan, India (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 22 February 2011 1 year ago 27 sec 4.3 -
A male walking on a grassland. Locality Desert National Park, Rajasthan, India (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 22 February 2011 1 year ago 23 sec 4.3 -
A male in flight. Locality Desert National Park, Rajasthan, India (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 22 February 2011 1 year ago 20 sec 4 -
Adult male dispalying on a grassland. Locality Desert National Park, Rajasthan, India (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 22 February 2011 1 year ago 25 sec 3.9 -
A male hiding on the grass and then walking. Locality Desert National Park, Rajasthan, India (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 22 February 2011 1 year ago 22 sec 3.8 -
Two males walking on a grassland. Locality Desert National Park, Rajasthan, India (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 22 February 2011 1 year ago 17 sec 3.5
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Great Indian bustard all males
Locality Gujarat, India
deomurari 19 November 2006 3 years ago 4.4 -
Species endemic to the Indian Subcontinent (India & Pakistan).
Locality Naliya Grasslands, Kutch District, Gujarat, India
jugal Tiwari 17 January 2010 2 years ago 4.2 -
grassland habitat being destroyed by land mafias
Locality Naliya Grasslands, Kutch District, Gujarat, India
jugal Tiwari 12 August 2009 2 years ago 3.8 -
Species endemic to India and Pakistan
Locality Naliya Grasslands, Kutch District, Gujarat, India
jugal Tiwari 3 January 2007 2 years ago 3.5 -
A male walking on a grassland.
Locality Desert National Park, Rajasthan, India (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 22 February 2011 1 year ago 3 -
Really Royal Bird.
Locality Desert National Park, Rajasthan, India
Vaibhav Mishra 22 February 2011 1 year ago 3
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