A branch of the living world.
110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.
These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.
Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.
Family: Otididae · Clear filter
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Black BustardAfrotis afra (Linnaeus, 1758) | OtididaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Northern Black BustardAfrotis afraoides (A. Smith, 1831) | OtididaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Great Indian BustardArdeotis nigriceps (Vigors, 1831) | OtididaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Asian HoubaraChlamydotis macqueenii (J. E. Gray, 1832) | OtididaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Blue KorhaanEupodotis caerulescens (Vieillot, 1821) | OtididaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-bellied BustardEupodotis senegalensis (Vieillot, 1821) | OtididaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Little Brown BustardHeterotetrax humilis (Blyth, 1855) | OtididaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rüppell's KorhaanHeterotetrax rueppelii (Wahlberg, 1856) | OtididaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bengal FloricanHoubaropsis bengalensis (P. L. S. Müller, 1776) | OtididaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Hartlaub's BustardLissotis hartlaubii (Heuglin, 1863) | OtididaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-bellied BustardLissotis melanogaster (Rüppell, 1835) | OtididaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Buff-crested BustardLophotis gindiana (Oustalet, 1881) | OtididaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Red-crested BustardLophotis ruficrista (A. Smith, 1836) | OtididaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Savile's BustardLophotis savilei Lynes, 1920 | OtididaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Denham's BustardNeotis denhami (Children & Vigors, 1826) | OtididaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ludwig's BustardNeotis ludwigii (Rüppell, 1837) | OtididaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Nubian BustardNeotis nuba (Cretzschmar, 1826) | OtididaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Great BustardOtis tarda Linnaeus, 1758 | OtididaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lesser FloricanSypheotides indicus (J. F. Miller, 1782) | OtididaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Little BustardTetrax tetrax (Linnaeus, 1758) | OtididaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Source and selection
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n
First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.