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| | + | [[Image:Kori_Bustarda.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|gerwin|gerwin}}<br />Etosha, [[Namibia]], August 2008]] |
| | ;[[:Category:Ardeotis|Ardeotis]] kori | | ;[[:Category:Ardeotis|Ardeotis]] kori |
| - | [[Image:Kori_Bustard.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by '''Mybs'''<br>Location: Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, [[South Africa]]]] | |
| | ==Identification== | | ==Identification== |
| - | 110 cm long, 60-90cm tall. Grey, black crest, yellow legs. | + | 110 cm long, 60-90cm tall |
| | + | *Grey plumage |
| | + | *Black crest |
| | + | *Yellow legs |
| | ==Distribution== | | ==Distribution== |
| - | Disjunctly distributed in northeastern and southern [[Africa]]. | + | [[Image:P1000441 .jpg|thumb|350px|right|Female<br />Photo by {{user|ririhugs|ririhugs}}<br />[[Kdalagadi National Park]], [[South Africa]]]] |
| | + | Disjunctly distributed in north-eastern and southern [[Africa]]. |
| | ==Taxonomy== | | ==Taxonomy== |
| | ====Subspecies<sup>[[#References|1]]</sup>==== | | ====Subspecies<sup>[[#References|1]]</sup>==== |
| - | *''A. k. struthiunculus'' - Ethiopia to nw Somalia, se Sudan, ne Uganda and n Tanzania | + | *''A. k. struthiunculus'': |
| - | *''A. k. kori'' - S Angola to Namibia, Botswana, s Zimbabwe and Mozambique | + | :*[[Ethiopia]] to north-western [[Somalia]], south-eastern [[Sudan]], north-eastern [[Uganda]] and northern [[Tanzania]] |
| | + | *''A. k. kori'': |
| | + | :*Southern [[Angola]] to [[Namibia]], [[Botswana]], southern [[Zimbabwe]] and [[Mozambique]] |
| | ==Habitat== | | ==Habitat== |
| | Arid grasslands. | | Arid grasslands. |
| | ==Behaviour== | | ==Behaviour== |
| - | The females build a nest on the ground and incubate the eggs, foregoing eating for days. When the chicks hatch, the mother brings soft food. | + | [[Image:39129KBustardD.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Displaying male<br />Photo by {{user|DoriM|DoriM}}<br />Ngorongoro, [[Tanzania]], April 2006]] |
| | + | ====Breeding==== |
| | + | The ground nest is built by the female who also incubates the eggs. She may not eat for several days. When the chicks hatch, the mother brings soft food. |
| | ==References== | | ==References== |
| - | # Clements James F. 2007. ''The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World''. 6th ed., with updates to October 2008. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. ISBN 9780801445019 | + | #{{Ref-Clements6thAug11}}The Website of Everything |
| | + | {{ref}} |
| | ==External Links== | | ==External Links== |
| | {{GSearch|Ardeotis+kori}} | | {{GSearch|Ardeotis+kori}} |
| - | [[Category:Birds]][[category:incomplete]][[Category:Ardeotis]] | + | <br /> |
| | + | {{Video|Kori_Bustard}} |
| | + | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Ardeotis]] [[Category:Videos]] |
The ground nest is built by the female who also incubates the eggs. She may not eat for several days. When the chicks hatch, the mother brings soft food.
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