''Ardeotis'' is a genus of
birds in the family
Otididae.
The genus was described in 1853 by the French naturalist
Emmanuel Le Maout
Jean-Emmanuel-Marie Le Maout (29 December 1799, Guingamp – 23 June 1877, Paris) was a French naturalist.
In 1842, Le Maout qualified as a physician at the University of Paris, where he became a demonstrator of natural sciences in the Facul ...
to accommodate the
Arabian bustard
The Arabian bustard (''Ardeotis arabs'') is a species of bustard which is found across the Sahel region of Africa and south western Arabia. It is part of the large-bodied genus, ''Ardeotis'', and, though little known, appears to be a fairly typi ...
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It contains the following species:
References
Bird genera
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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