Tours where you can spot this bird
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Northern Black Korhaan
Afrotis afraoides (Smith, A, 1831)
Otididae — Bustards
Northern Black Korhaan, Afrotis afraoides, is a bird of southern Africa and belongs to the bustard family, Otididae. It occurs in Namibia, Botswana, Lesotho and northern South Africa, where it uses grassland, grassy dunes, semi-arid scrubland and open veldt. It is also known as the white-quilled bustard. The species was described by Andrew Smith in 1831. Its primary feathers are mostly white, which separates it from the southern black korhaan.
- Order
- Otidiformes
- Family
- Otididae — Bustards
- Breeding range
- Africa: s
