Ardeotis Australis Egg 1867
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''Ardeotis'' is a genus of
bird Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweig ...
s in the family
Otididae Bustards, including floricans and korhaans, are large, terrestrial birds living mainly in dry grassland areas and on the steppes of the Old World. They range in length from . They make up the family Otididae (, formerly known as Otidae). Bustard ...
. The genus was described in 1853 by the French naturalist Emmanuel Le Maout to accommodate the Arabian bustard. It contains the following species:


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