Kori Bustard / Ardeotis kori
Kori Bustard
SCI Name:
Protonym: Otis Kori Trav.S.Afr. 1 p.393,note
Taxonomy: Otidiformes / Otididae / Ardeotis
Taxonomy Code: korbus1
Type Locality: Confluence of the Vaal and Orange Rivers.
Author: Burchell
Publish Year: 1822
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.
kori
Tswana name Kğôri or Kxhóri for the Kori Bustard (Ardeotis).
SUBSPECIES
Kori Bustard (struthiunculus)
SCI Name: Ardeotis kori struthiunculus
struthiunculus
Mod. L. struthiunculus little ostrich < dim. Late L. struthius ostrich < L. struthiocamelus ostrich < Gr. στρουθοκαμηλος strouthokamēlos ostrich.
Kori Bustard (kori)
SCI Name: Ardeotis kori kori
kori
Tswana name Kğôri or Kxhóri for the Kori Bustard (Ardeotis).
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)