Species profile
Australian Bustard
Ardeotis australis
Quick answer
Lowlands of Australia (except sw and se) and s New Guinea
- Scientific name
- Ardeotis australis
- Family
- Otididae
- Order
- Otidiformes
- Genus
- Ardeotis
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
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Related species in Otididae
- African Houbara (Chlamydotis undulata)
- Arabian Bustard (Ardeotis arabs)
- Bengal Florican (Houbaropsis bengalensis)
- Black-bellied Bustard (Lissotis melanogaster)
- Blue Bustard (Eupodotis caerulescens)
- Buff-crested Bustard (Lophotis gindiana)
- Chlamydotis mesetaria (Chlamydotis mesetaria)
- Chlamydotis pliodeserti (Chlamydotis pliodeserti)