White-winged bustard
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White-winged bustard ( Afrotis afraoides ) |
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The White-winged Trappe ( Afrotis afraoides ) in Namibia and Black Korhaan called, is a known 27 species Trapp.
description
The white-winged bustard reaches a height of approx. 52 cm. The distinctive feature of the male is a white spot behind the eye. White-winged bustards are very similar in appearance to gackle bustards . The white-winged bustard, however, has a conspicuous white coloring of the hand wings , which is easily recognizable in flight.
distribution
White-winged bustards prefer to live in thickets and on open grassy areas. The species is common in Namibia , Botswana , and South Africa.
Web links
- Afrotis afraoides inthe IUCN 2013 Red List of Threatened Species . Listed by: BirdLife International, 2012. Retrieved September 7, 2013.
Sources and individual references
- Ian Sinclair, Phil Hockey, Warwick Tarboton: Birds of Southern Africa. 3. Edition. Struik Publishers, 2002, ISBN 978-1-86872-721-6 .
- ↑ Afrotis afraoides. Namibia Biodiversity Database. Retrieved April 19, 2017.