Asian Houbara
Chlamydotis macqueenii(Gray, JE, 1832)
English (US) Asian Houbara
The Asian Houbara (Chlamydotis macqueenii) 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: breeds Middle East and Arabia eastward to Iran and extreme western Pakistan, northwestern Kazakhstan and northeastern Iran eastward to Mongolia and northern China, wintering from Persian Gulf to Pakistan and northwestern India, and in central ChinaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Chlamydotis macqueenii
- Family
- Otididae (Bustards)
- Order
- Otidiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Asian Houbara
- Described by
- (Gray, JE, 1832)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Otis Macqueenii
- Described by
- (Gray, JE, 1832)
- Type locality
- Himalayas.
- Original description
- Illustrations of Indian zoology; chiefly selected from the collection of Major-General Hardwicke, F. R. S. 2, no.12 pl.47
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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