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Male
Photo © by volker sthamer
Ngorongoro, Tanzania, 7 September 2019

Ardeotis kori

Identification

Female
Photo © by ririhugs
Kdalagadi National Park, South Africa

Male 120 cm (47¼ in); female 90 cm (35½ in)

Grey plumage
Black wings
White wing panel with black spots
Black crest
Yellow legs

Distribution

Disjunctly distributed in north-eastern and southern Africa.

Taxonomy

Subspecies

Displaying male
Photo © by DoriM
Ngorongoro, Tanzania, April 2006

There are 2 subspecies¹:

A. k. struthiunculus:

Southeastern South Sudan to northwestern Somalia, south to Northern Uganda and north central Tanzania.

A. k. kori:

Southern Angola to Namibia, Botswana, southern Zimbabwe and Mozambique

Habitat

Arid grasslands.

Behaviour

Diet

They have a very varied diet, consisting of snails, insects, seeds, berries, bulbs and acacia gum.

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

Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
Collar, N. and E. F. J. Garcia (2020). Kori Bustard (Ardeotis kori), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.korbus1.01

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Recommended Citation

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-;Ardeotis kori
+[[File:Kori_Bustard_Male_VS.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Male<br />Photo &copy; by {{user|volker+sthamer|volker sthamer}}<br />Ngorongoro, [[Tanzania]], 7 September 2019]]
-[[Image:Kori_Bustard.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Mybs]]
+;[[:Category:Ardeotis|Ardeotis]] kori
 ==Identification==
-Photo taken: Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa
+[[Image:P1000441 .jpg|thumb|350px|right|Female<br />Photo &copy; by {{user|ririhugs|ririhugs}}<br />Kdalagadi National Park, [[South Africa]]]]
+Male 120 cm (47¼ in); female 90 cm (35½ in)
-It is a member of the bustard family. It may be the heaviest bird capable of flight, although this title may also belong to the similarly-dimensioned Great Bustard.
+*Grey plumage
+*Black wings
-The Kori Bustard is mostly grey in color, with a black crest on its head and yellow legs. Kori Bustards are often found with bee-eaters riding on their backs as they stride through the grass. The bee-eaters make the most of their walking perch by hawking insects from the bustard's back that are disturbed by the bustard's wandering.
+*White wing panel with black spots
+*Black crest
-This is a large and heavy bird, and avoids flying if possible. It spends most of its time on the ground, foraging for the seeds and lizards which make up most of its diet.
+*Yellow legs
-The male Kori Bustard averages at about 110 cm (3.7 feet) in length and stands 60-90 cm (2-3 ft) tall. An average male bird would weigh about 13.5 kg (30 lb), but exceptional birds may weigh over 20 kg (44 lb). A report exists of a 34 kg (75 lb) bird, but it is not verified and must be beheld with skeptism because it so much heavier than any other recorded weight for a Kori Bustard. The female Kori Bustard averages 7.7 kg (17 lb) and is usually 20% shorter than a male.
 ==Distribution==
-The Kori Bustard, Ardeotis kori, is a large bird native to Africa.
+Disjunctly distributed in north-eastern and southern [[Africa]].
 ==Taxonomy==
+====Subspecies====
+[[Image:39129KBustardD.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Displaying male<br />Photo &copy; by {{user|DoriM|DoriM}}<br />Ngorongoro, [[Tanzania]], April 2006]]
+There are 2 subspecies<sup>[[#References|1]]</sup>:
+*''A. k. struthiunculus'':
+:*Southeastern [[South Sudan]] to northwestern [[Somalia]], south to Northern [[Uganda]] and north central [[Tanzania]].
+*''A. k. kori'':
+:*Southern [[Angola]] to [[Namibia]], [[Botswana]], southern [[Zimbabwe]] and [[Mozambique]]
 ==Habitat==
+Arid grasslands.
 ==Behaviour==
-Like all bustards, Koris have polygnous breeding habits, where one male displays to attract several females and mates with them all. He then leaves the females to care for the eggs and young by themselves. The females build a nest on the ground and incubate the eggs, foregoing eating for days. When the chicks hatch, the mother brings them a steady stream of food, most of it soft so the chicks can eat it easily.
+====Diet====
+They have a very varied diet, consisting of snails, insects, seeds, berries, bulbs and acacia gum.
+====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==
+#{{Ref-Clements6thAug19}}#Collar, N. and E. F. J. Garcia (2020). Kori Bustard (Ardeotis kori), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.korbus1.01
+#The Website of Everything
+{{ref}}
 ==External Links==
-*[http://www.birdforum.net/pp_gallery/showgallery.php?mcats=all&what=allfields&si=Ardeotis+kori+ View more images of Kori Bustard in the gallery]
+{{GSearch|Ardeotis+kori}}
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+{{Video|Kori_Bustard}}
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