Arabian Bustard

SCI Name:  Ardeotis arabs
Protonym:  Otis arabs Syst.Nat.ed.10 p.154
Taxonomy:  Otidiformes / Otididae / Ardeotis
Taxonomy Code:  arabus1
Type Locality:  ' In oriente,'' based on the Arabian Bustard of Edwards'' '' Natural History of Birds,'' p. 12, pi. 12; the specimen figured by Edwards was brought from Mocha, Arabia.
Author:  Linnaeus
Publish Year:  1758
IUCN Status:  Near Threatened

DEFINITIONS

ARDEOTIS
(Otididae; † Arabian Bustard A. arabs) Portmanteau of genera Ardea Linnaeus, 1758, heron, and Otis Linnaeus, 1758, bustard; "SINOPSIS DES GENRES DE LA FAMILLE DES OTIDÉS.  ...  Bec long, droit, seulement un peu recourbé vers la pointe . . . . . . ARDÉOTIDE.  Ardeotis.   ...   GENRE  ARDÉOTIDE (Ardeotis, d'Is. Geoffroy).   Ce Genre, dont le nom rappelle le Héron (Ardea) et l'Outarde (Otis), est caractérisé par un bec long, droit, seulement un peu recourbé vers la pointe.     L' ARDÉOTIDE  LOHONG (Ardeotis Arabs, d'Is. Geoffroy; Otis Arabs, de Gmelin; Eupodotis Arabs, de Lesson) habite l'Afrique méridionale et l'Asie" (Le Maout 1853); "Ardeotis Le Maout, 1853, Hist. Nat. Oiseaux, pp. 339, 340.  Type, by monotypy, Otis arabs Gmelin (i.e. Linnaeus), 1758." (JAJ 2020).
Synon. Austrotis, Choriotis.

arabs
L. Arabs  Arabian  < Gr. Αραψ Araps  Arab, Αραβες Arabes  Arabs.
● TL. Arabia Petraea (syn. Ammomanes deserti isabellinus).
● "85. OTIS.  ...  arabs.  2. O. auribus erecto-cristatis.  Otis arabica. Edw. av. 12. t. 12.  Habitat in Oriente.  Supra scolopacina, subtus albida. Aures nigræ. Cauda fascia fusca." (Linnaeus 1758) (Ardeotis).
● TL. Yeshbum, Southern Arabia (= Yemen) (subsp. Zosterops abyssinicus).

SUBSPECIES

Arabian Bustard (lynesi)
SCI Name: Ardeotis arabs lynesi
lynesi
Rear-Adm. Hubert Lynes (1874-1942) Royal Navy, on China Station 1910-1912, ornithologist, collector in tropical Africa (subsp. Anthus cinnamomeus, Apalis, ‡subsp. Ardeotis arabs, subsp. Batis orientalis, subsp. Cisticola brunnescens, syn. Dendrocopos major mauritanus, subsp. Galerida cristata, syn. Hirundo atrocaerulea, subsp. Lybius leucocephalus, subsp. Mirafra rufa, syn. Myrmecocichla tholloni, syn. Parus major excelsus, Sarothrura).

Arabian Bustard (stieberi)
SCI Name: Ardeotis arabs stieberi
stieberi
Maj. Sylvester Stieber (1867-1914) German Army in Cameroon 1900-1910, Resident at Kusseri 1908 (subsp. Ardeotis arabs).

Arabian Bustard (butleri)
SCI Name: Ardeotis arabs butleri
butleri
● Arthur Lennox Butler (1873-1939) British tea-planter in Ceylon, collector, Curator of Selangor State Mus., Malaya, Superintendent of Game Preservation in Sudan 1901-1915 (syn. Anomalospiza imberbis, subsp. Ardeotis arabs, syn. Cinnyris osea decorsei, syn. Cisticola cantans concolor, syn. Columba livia schimperi, syn. Eremopterix nigriceps albifrons, syn. Lagonosticta larvata nigricollis, subsp. Phylloscopus castaniceps, subsp. Ptilopachus petrosus, syn. Upupa epops).
● Lt.-Col. Edward Arthur Butler (1842-1916) British Army in Gibraltar, India and South Africa, collector, taxidermist, ornithologist (Accipiter, syn. Anthus chloris, Strix).

Arabian Bustard (arabs)
SCI Name: Ardeotis arabs arabs
arabs
L. Arabs  Arabian  < Gr. Αραψ Araps  Arab, Αραβες Arabes  Arabs.
● TL. Arabia Petraea (syn. Ammomanes deserti isabellinus).
● "85. OTIS.  ...  arabs.  2. O. auribus erecto-cristatis.  Otis arabica. Edw. av. 12. t. 12.  Habitat in Oriente.  Supra scolopacina, subtus albida. Aures nigræ. Cauda fascia fusca." (Linnaeus 1758) (Ardeotis).
● TL. Yeshbum, Southern Arabia (= Yemen) (subsp. Zosterops abyssinicus).