Species profile
Great indian bustard
Ardeotis nigriceps
Quick answer
Otis nigriceps Vigors, 1831 MZUT AV 4785; mount; adult male; ‘ Bengal’ (India or Bangladesh), October 1845; purchased from G. A. Frank. MZUT AV 4786; mount; adult female; ‘ Bengal’ (India or Bangladesh), October 1845; purchased from G. A. Frank.
- Scientific name
- Ardeotis nigriceps
- Family
- Otididae
- Order
- Otidiformes
- Genus
- Ardeotis
- Conservation status
- Critically Endangered
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Related species in Otididae
- African Houbara (Chlamydotis undulata)
- Arabian Bustard (Ardeotis arabs)
- Australian Bustard (Ardeotis australis)
- Bengal Florican (Houbaropsis bengalensis)
- Black-bellied Bustard (Lissotis melanogaster)
- Blue Bustard (Eupodotis caerulescens)
- Buff-crested Bustard (Lophotis gindiana)
- Chlamydotis mesetaria (Chlamydotis mesetaria)