Savile's Bustard
Lophotis savileiLynes, H, 1920
English (US) Savile's Bustard
The Savile's Bustard (Lophotis savilei) 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: southwestern Mauritania and Senegal eastward to Chad and central SudanRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Lophotis savilei
- Family
- Otididae (Bustards)
- Order
- Otidiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Savile's Bustard
- Described by
- Lynes, H, 1920
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Taxonomic history
- Described by
- Lynes, H, 1920
- Type locality
- Nahud, western Kordofan.
- Original description
- Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 41 p.51
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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Heterotetrax vigorsii
Rüppell's Korhaan
Heterotetrax rueppelii
Little Brown Bustard
Heterotetrax humilis
Buff-crested Bustard
Lophotis gindiana
Red-crested Korhaan
Lophotis ruficrista
Southern Black Korhaan
Afrotis afra
Northern Black Korhaan
Afrotis afraoides
Hartlaub's Bustard
Lissotis hartlaubii
Black-bellied Bustard
Lissotis melanogaster
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