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Otidiformes / Otididae / Lissotis

Black-bellied Bustard

Lissotis melanogaster

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (bkbbus1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Otidiformes
Family: Otididae
Genus: Lissotis

Subspecies (2)

Lissotis melanogaster melanogaster

Senegal to Ethiopia, southern Angola and Mozambique
Lissotis melanogaster notophila

southeastern Africa south of the Zambezi to western Zimbabwe and South Africa

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (bkbbus1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.