Arabian bustard
| Arabian bustard | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Otidiformes |
| Family: | Otididae |
| Genus: | Ardeotis |
| Species: | A. arabs
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| Binomial name | |
| Ardeotis arabs | |
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Otis arabs Linnaeus, 1758 | |
The Arabian bustard (Ardeotis arabs) is a bird native to North Africa and the Middle East. It lives in the Sahel region (Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Nigeria, Chad, Sudan), South Sudan, Kenya, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Somalia, Saudi Arabia and Yemen.[2][3]
As in all bustards, the male Arabian bustard is much larger than the female. Males have been found to weigh 5.7–10.9 kg (13–24 lb), while females weigh 4.5–7.7 kg (9.9–17.0 lb). The record-sized male Arabian bustard weighed 16.8 kg (37 lb). These birds stand from 70 cm (28 in) tall in females to 92 cm (36 in) tall in males.[4][5]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ BirdLife International (2018). "Ardeotis arabs". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018. IUCN: e.T22691924A129917069. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22691924A129917069.en. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
- ↑ iucnredlist.org
- ↑ "Birdlife International". Archived from the original on 2015-09-12. Retrieved 2015-12-07.
- ↑ Dunning, John B. Jr. (ed) 1992. CRC handbook of avian body masses. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-4258-5
- ↑ Wood, Gerald (1983). The Guinness book of animal facts and feats. ISBN 978-0-85112-235-9.
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