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[[Image:Arabian_Bustard.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by balticbird<br />Ethiopia]] | [[Image:Arabian_Bustard.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by balticbird<br />Ethiopia]] | ||
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
+ | ==Distribution== | ||
+ | Arid northwestern [[Africa]] to Red Sea and southwestern [[Arabia]]. | ||
+ | ==Taxonomy== | ||
+ | ====Subspecies<sup>[[#References|1]]</sup>==== | ||
+ | *''A. a. lynesi'' - Probably extinct; W Morocco | ||
+ | *''A. a. stieberi'' - SW Mauritania and Senegambia to ne Sudan | ||
+ | *''A. a. butleri'' - S Sudan; single record for nw Kenya | ||
+ | *''A. a. arabs'' - Ethiopia to nw Somalia, sw Saudi Arabia and w Yemen | ||
+ | ==Habitat== | ||
+ | ==Behaviour== | ||
+ | ==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 | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
− | {{GSearch|Ardeotis+arabs}} | + | {{GSearch|Ardeotis+arabs}} |
− | [[Category:Birds]] | + | [[Category:Birds]][[Category:Ardeotis]][[Category:Incomplete]] |
Revision as of 17:45, 15 July 2008
- Ardeotis arabs
Identification
Distribution
Arid northwestern Africa to Red Sea and southwestern Arabia.
Taxonomy
Subspecies1
- A. a. lynesi - Probably extinct; W Morocco
- A. a. stieberi - SW Mauritania and Senegambia to ne Sudan
- A. a. butleri - S Sudan; single record for nw Kenya
- A. a. arabs - Ethiopia to nw Somalia, sw Saudi Arabia and w Yemen
Habitat
Behaviour
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