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Lissotis
Adult male Hartlaub's bustard (Lissotis hartlaubii)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Otidiformes
Family: Otididae
Genus: Lissotis
Reichenbach, 1848
Type species
Otis melanogaster[1]
Rüppell, 1835

Lissotis is a genus of bird in the bustard family, Otididae. Some authorities, such as the IUCN, consider it part of Eupodotis; the separation adopted here follows the Handbook of the Birds of the World.[2]

Species

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It contains the following species, both restricted to Africa:

Genus Lissotis Reichenbach, 1848 – two species
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population
Black-bellied bustard

Lissotis melanogaster
(Rüppell, 1835)

Two subspecies
  • L. m. notophila Oberholser 1905[3]
  • L. m. melanogaster (Rüppell 1835)
Sub-Saharan Africa
Map of range
Size:

Habitat:

Diet:
 LC 


Hartlaub's bustard

Lissotis hartlaubii
(Heuglin, 1863)
Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. Size:

Habitat:

Diet:
 LC 


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