| Lophotis | |
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| File:Red-crested Korhaan 2373303625.jpg | |
| Red-crested Korhaan | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Gruiformes |
| Family: | Otididae |
| Genus: | Lophotis Reichenbach, 1848 |
| Species | |
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Lophotis is a genus of bustard in the family Otididae. The genus contains three species, all found in Africa. All three species are sometimes placed in the genus Eupodotis, and are closely related to that genus and the genus Afrotis. One distinctive feature of the genus is a pink retractile crest.[1]
Species[]
- Lophotis
- Savile's Bustard, Lophotis savilei
- Buff-crested Bustard, Lophotis gindiana
- Red-crested Korhaan, Lophotis ruficrista
References[]
- ^ Collar, Nigel (1996), "Family Otididae (Bustards)", in del Hoyo, Josep; Elliott, Andrew; Sargatal, Jordi, Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 3, Hoatzin to Auks, Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, pp. 240–273, ISBN 84-87334-20-2
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