Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Otidiformes > Otididae > Neotis > Neotis ludwigiiNeotis ludwigii (Ludwig's Bustard)The Ludwig's bustard (Neotis ludwigii) is a species of bird in the bustard family, and named after Baron von Ludwig. It is a medium-to-large sized species. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, and South Africa. Its habitats include semi-arid grasslands. This little-known species is now considered endangered. It is thought to be the bird species in Southern Africa most seriously at risk of dying from collisions with power lines. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 13.3694 EDGE Score: 4.74454 |
| Adult Weight [1] | 7.895 lbs (3.581 kg) | | Female Weight [3] | 5.181 lbs (2.35 kg) | | Male Weight [3] | 11.244 lbs (5.10 kg) | | Weight Dimorphism [3] | 117 % |  | | Diet [2] | Carnivore (Invertebrates), Carnivore (Vertebrates), Frugivore, Herbivore | | Diet - Fruit [2] | 20 % | | Diet - Invertibrates [2] | 40 % | | Diet - Plants [2] | 20 % | | Diet - Vertibrates [2] | 20 % | | Forages - Understory [2] | 20 % | | Forages - Ground [2] | 80 % | | | Clutch Size [4] | 2 |
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Countries |
Ecozone |
Biome |
Species |
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Climate |
Land
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Kalahari xeric savanna |
Botswana, Namibia, South Africa |
Afrotropic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Kaokoveld desert |
Namibia, Angola |
Afrotropic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Nama Karoo |
Namibia, South Africa |
Afrotropic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Namibian savanna woodlands |
Angola, Namibia |
Afrotropic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Location |
IBA Criteria |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
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Anysberg Nature Reserve |
South Africa |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Augrabies Falls National Park |
South Africa |
A3 |
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Bitterputs Conservation Area (proposed) |
South Africa |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Brandberg mountain |
Namibia |
A2, A3 |
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Cedarberg: Koue Bokkeveld complex |
South Africa |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Etosha National Park |
Namibia |
A1, A3, A4i, A4iii |
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Haramoep and Black Mountain Mine Nature Reserve |
South Africa |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Hobatere |
Namibia |
A2, A3 |
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Iona National Park |
Angola |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Kalahari-Gemsbok National Park |
South Africa |
A3 |
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Kamfers Dam |
South Africa |
A4i |
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Karoo National Park |
South Africa |
A1, A3, A4ii |
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Karoo Nature Reserve |
South Africa |
A1, A3, A4ii |
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Mattheus-Gat Conservation Area (proposed) |
South Africa |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Namib-Naukluft Park |
Namibia |
A1, A2, A3, A4i |
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Olifants river estuary |
South Africa |
A3, A4i |
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Orange river mouth wetlands |
South Africa |
A1, A3, A4i, A4iii |
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Platberg-Karoo Conservancy |
South Africa |
A1, A3, A4i, A4ii |
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Sperrgebiet |
Namibia |
A1, A2, A3, A4i |
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Swartberg mountains |
South Africa |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109 ♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027 ♦ 3del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. ♦ 4Jetz W, Sekercioglu CH, Böhning-Gaese K (2008) The Worldwide Variation in Avian Clutch Size across Species and Space PLoS Biol 6(12): e303. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060303 Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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