Species profile
Rüppell's Bustard
Heterotetrax rueppelii
Quick answer
VERBATIM TYPE LOCALITY: “ in campis apricis, sterilibus terrae Damararum ”
- Scientific name
- Heterotetrax rueppelii
- Family
- Otididae
- Order
- Otidiformes
- Genus
- Heterotetrax
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Recording Rüppell's Bustard in your journal
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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)