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Otidiformes / Otididae / Ardeotis

Arabian Bustard

Ardeotis arabs

IUCN: Near Threatened

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (arabus1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Otidiformes
Family: Otididae
Genus: Ardeotis

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

AviList 2025 eBird (arabus1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.