Bustards (Otididae)
Kori Bustard (Ardeotis kori) - HBW 3, p. 263
French: Outarde kori
German: Riesentrappe
Spanish: Avutarda Kori
Other common names: Large Bustard
Taxonomy: Otis Kori Burchell, 1822, confluence of Vaal and Orange Rivers.
In past, genus frequently labelled Choriotis, but Ardeotis has priority; genus sometimes merged with Otis. Present species forms superspecies with A. arabs. Sometimes alternatively considered to form superspecies with A. nigriceps and A. australis; these three have even been lumped together in single species, A. kori. All four Ardeotis have occasionally been placed in same superspecies. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- struthiunculus (Neumann, 1907) - NW Somalia and C Ethiopia through SE Sudan, NE Uganda and Kenya to N Tanzania.
- kori (Burchell, 1822) - S Angola and Namibia E through Botswana to S Zimbabwe and S Mozambique, and S to South Africa.
- Least Concern
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A bird taking off and landing Negele, Ethiopia (ssp struthiunculus)
Josep del Hoyo 11 December 2005 4 years ago 24 sec 4.6 -
A bird walking alert Negele, Ethiopia (ssp struthiunculus)
Josep del Hoyo 11 December 2005 4 years ago 41 sec 4.2 -
An adult walking and scratching head with leg Amboseli National Park, Kenya (ssp struthiunculus)
Josep del Hoyo 18 August 2000 7 years ago 27 sec 4.2 -
A bird feeding Etosha National Park, Kunene Region, Namibia (ssp kori)
Josep del Hoyo 20 July 1998 4 years ago 19 sec 4.1 -
A bird walking through scattered scrub Etosha National Park, Kunene Region, Namibia (ssp kori)
Keith Blomerley 14 January 2007 3 years ago 27 sec 3.9 -
A bird walking in the grassland Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya (ssp struthiunculus)
Brooke Clibbon 19 December 2002 4 years ago 17 sec 3.9
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Kori Bustard displaying Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya
ingwe24 26 September 2007 1 year ago 4.5 -
A male displaying Tanzania
Jim Watt 28 February 2009 1 year ago 4 -
A single bird looking upwards Serengeti National Park, Serengeti, Tanzania
Rodrigo Paez 1 July 2009 20 weeks ago 3.5 -
A kori viewing his territory with fallen feather at his side. Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
robertsphotos1 1 year ago 3.3 -
Male looking for insects Ngorongoro Crater, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Serengeti, Tanzania (ssp kori)
Susanne Rintelen 17 May 2008 43 weeks ago 3 -
Two adults are close to a puddle of water. Etosha National Park, Kunene Region, Namibia
Carmelo López 23 October 2003 13 weeks ago 2.6
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