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Species
VulnerableSPECIES
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderOtidiformes
- FamilyOtididae
via GBIF · IUCN
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 116
- With media
- 14
- Family
- Otididae
- Collections
- MSB, UAM, DMNS, UWBM, WFVZ, USNM
- Recorded in
- Namibia, Botswana, Captive, South Africa, Uganda, N/A
Bird sounds
- call· South Africa· quality A
- call· South Africa· quality A
- call, song· South Africa· quality A
- call, song· South Africa· quality A
via Xeno-canto
Wikidata facts
Show 9 more facts
- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Vulnerable
- taxon name
- Afrotis afra
- Commons category
- Afrotis afra
- taxon common name
- abetarda-de-asa-preta
- endemic to
- South Africa
- litter size
- 1.4
- short name
- A. afra
- taxon range
- Africa
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Encyclopedic overview
The southern black korhaan (Afrotis afra), also known as the black bustard, is a species of bird in the bustard family, Otididae. This small bustard is found in southwestern South Africa, from Namaqualand, south to Cape Town and east to Makhanda. It prefers semi-arid habitats such as grasslands, shrublands and savannas where it can easily prey on ground-dwelling arthropods and eat seeds. It reproduces yearly in the spring and will lay about one or two eggs per breeding season.
Numbers have declined rapidly as much of its habitat has been converted to agricultural land and remaining tracts are often fragmented. Due to this habitat destruction, the species is considered vulnerable by the IUCN Red List.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Afrotis afra” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.