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Afrotis afraoides (Northern Black Korhaan)

Synonyms: Eupodotis afraoides

Wikipedia Abstract

The northern black korhaan (Afrotis afraoides), also known as the white-quilled bustard, is a species of bird in the bustard family Otididae. It occurs mainly in Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia and South Africa. Its habitat is primarily open grassland and scrub.
View Wikipedia Record: Afrotis afraoides

Infraspecies

Afrotis afraoides afraoides (White-quilled bustard)
Afrotis afraoides damarensis (White-quilled bustard)
Afrotis afraoides etoschae (White-quilled bustard)

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
5
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
27
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 11.1282
EDGE Score: 2.49554
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  1.642 lbs (745 g)
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Granivore
Diet - Invertibrates [2]  60 %
Diet - Seeds [2]  40 %
Forages - Ground [2]  100 %
Clutch Size [4]  1
Incubation [3]  20 days

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Augrabies Falls National Park II 137301 Northern Cape, South Africa
Daan Viljoen Game Park II 9924 Namibia  
Kalahari Gemsbok National Park II 2382284 Northern Cape, South Africa
Marakele National Park II 163507 Limpopo, South Africa
Mountain Zebra National Park II 60944 Eastern Cape, South Africa

Prey / Diet

Hodotermes mossambicus[3]
Myrsine africana (Cape Myrtle)[3]

Prey / Diet Overlap

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1SAFRING, University of Cape Town, Department of Statistical Sciences, Avian Demography Unit
♦ 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
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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