Lophotis

Lophotis
Red-crested korhaan (L. ruficrista), male calling in display, South Africa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Otidiformes
Family:	Otididae
Genus:	Lophotis Reichenbach, 1848
Type species
Otis ruficrista[1] A. Smith, 1836
Species
see text
Lophotis savilei   Lophotis gindiana   Lophotis ruficrista

Lophotis is a genus of bustard in the family Otididae. The genus contains three species, all found in Africa. All three species are sometimes placed in the genus Eupodotis, and are closely related to that genus and the genus Afrotis. One distinctive feature of the genus is a pink retractile crest.^[2]

Species

Image	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
	Lophotis savilei	Savile's bustard	Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Ivory Coast, Gambia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, and Sudan.
	Lophotis gindiana	Buff-crested bustard	Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda.
	Lophotis ruficrista	Red-crested korhaan	Angola, Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

References

1. "Otididae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-27.
2. Collar, Nigel (1996), "Family Otididae (Bustards)", in del Hoyo, Josep; Elliott, Andrew; Sargatal, Jordi (eds.), Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 3, Hoatzin to Auks, Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, pp. 240–273, ISBN 84-87334-20-2