Southern Black Korhaan
Afrotis afra(Linnaeus, C, 1758)
English (US) Southern Black Korhaan
The Southern Black Korhaan (Afrotis afra) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Otididae (Bustards) in the order Otidiformes.
Range: grassland of southwestern Africa (Cape Province)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Afrotis afra
- Family
- Otididae (Bustards)
- Order
- Otidiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Southern Black Korhaan
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1758)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Otis afra
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1758)
- Type locality
- Ethiopia = Cape of Good Hope.
- Original description
- Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1 p.155
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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