Arabian Bustard

Ardeotis arabs

IUCN: Near Threatened

Taxonomy

Order
Otidiformes
Family
Otididae
Genus
Ardeotis
eBird Code
arabus1

Subspecies (4)

  • Ardeotis arabs arabs

    Eritrea, northeastern Ethiopia, Djibouti, and northwestern Somalia; southwestern Saudi Arabia and western Yemen

  • Ardeotis arabs butleri

    South Sudan; very rare (resident?) in northwestern Kenya

  • Ardeotis arabs lynesi

    western Morocco; extinct

  • Ardeotis arabs stieberi

    southwestern Mauritania and Senegambia to northeastern Sudan

Data Sources

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.