Bustards (Otididae)
White-quilled Bustard (Afrotis afraoides) - HBW 3, p. 272
French: Outarde à miroir blanc
German: Weißflügeltrappe
Spanish: Sisón Negro Aliclaro
Other common names: White-quilled Korhaan
Taxonomy: Otis Afraoïdes A. Smith, 1831, flats near the Orange River.
Genus frequently merged with Eupodotis. Present species forms parapatric species pair with A. afra, with which often considered conspecific. Proposed races mababiensis (NW Botswana) and kalaharica (Kalahari Desert) nowadays included in etoschae and damarensis respectively. Three subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- etoschae (Grote, 1922) - NW Namibia and N Botswana.
- damarensis Roberts, 1926 - Namibia and C Botswana.
- afraoides (A. Smith, 1831) - SE Botswana through N & NE South Africa (N Cape Province, W Transvaal, Orange Free State) to Lesotho.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A male displaying and approaching to a female, looking still Locality Wakkerstroom, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa (ssp afraoides)
Helmut Schenkel Brunner 31 December 2001 5 years ago 39 sec 4.6 -
A male walking on the ground Locality Central Kalahari Game Reserve, Ghanzi District, Botswana (ssp afroides)
Philip Griffin 2 August 2000 8 years ago 23 sec 4.5 -
A male feeding in short grass Locality Etosha National Park, Kunene Region, Namibia (ssp etoschae)
Keith Blomerley 14 January 2007 6 years ago 24 sec 4.4 -
A young male coming into adult plumage Locality Etosha National Park, Kunene Region, Namibia (ssp etoschae)
Keith Blomerley 14 January 2007 6 years ago 13 sec 4.2 -
White-quilled Bustard (Afrotis afraoides) Locality Etosha National Park, Kunene Region, Namibia (ssp damarensis)
Doug and Denise Norris 15 August 2000 5 days ago ADDED LAST WEEK 21 sec 4 -
A male walking across bare ground Locality Etosha National Park, Kunene Region, Namibia (ssp etoschae)
Keith Blomerley 14 January 2007 6 years ago 16 sec 3.7
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walking chicken
Locality Etosha National Park, Kunene Region, Namibia (ssp etoschae)
lsargentini 30 August 2011 36 weeks ago 4.3 -
Male, a close view of the head.
Locality Etosha National Park, Kunene Region, Namibia (ssp etoschae)
Fran Trabalon 9 November 2011 1 year ago 4.3 -
A male, in an attitude of alarm and defense of its territory.
Locality Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park (Kalahari Gemsbok NP), Northern Cape Province, South Africa (ssp afraoides)
Carmelo López 4 December 2010 2 years ago 4.3 -
A female on the ground.
Locality Etosha National Park, Kunene Region, Namibia
Lindsay Hansch 20 September 2007 2 years ago 4.3 -
A male in alarm behavior.
Locality Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park (Kalahari Gemsbok NP), Northern Cape Province, South Africa (ssp afraoides)
Carmelo López 4 December 2010 1 year ago 4.3 -
Closeup of a male.
Locality Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park (Kalahari Gemsbok NP), Northern Cape Province, South Africa (ssp afraoides)
Carmelo López 4 December 2010 1 year ago 4.3
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