Karoo korhaan
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| Species: | E. vigorsii
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| Eupodotis vigorsii (Smith, 1831)
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| General range: The Nama karoo | |
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Heterotetrax vigorsii | |
The karoo korhaan (Eupodotis vigorsii), also known as karoo bustard, is a species of bird in the bustard family Otididae from Southern Africa. The species is sometimes placed in the genus Heterotetrax. It is the sister-species to Rüppell's korhaan, and the two species are sometimes considered conspecific (the same species). There are two subspecies, the nominate race, from south-eastern South Africa, and E. v. namaqua (Roberts, 1932), from north-eastern South Africa and southern Namibia.[2]
The karoo korhaan lives in a range of arid habitats associated with the karoo and other arid scrubland habitats found in eastern South Africa and Namibia. It is also found in slightly denser scrubland, prefering habitat with cover ranging from 10 to 50 cm (3.9–19.7 in) off the ground.[2]
References
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- ^ a b Collar, N. & Kirwan, G.M. (2017). Karoo Bustard (Heterotetrax vigorsii). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. (retrieved from http://www.hbw.com/node/53724 on 3 March 2017).
External links
- Karoo korhaan - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds
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