Lophotis

{{short description|Genus of birds}}

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| image = Red-crested Korhaan (Lophotis ruficrista) male calling (16728686304), crop.jpg

| image_caption = Red-crested korhaan (L. ruficrista),
male calling in display, South Africa

| taxon = Lophotis

| authority = Reichenbach, 1848

| type_species = Otis ruficrista{{cite web |url= https://www.aviansystematics.org/4th-edition-checklist?viewfamilies=37 |title= Otididae |author= |date= |website= aviansystematics.org |publisher= The Trust for Avian Systematics |access-date= 2023-07-27}}

| type_species_authority = A. Smith, 1836

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = see text

| range_map = Lophotis.png

| range_map_caption = {{leftlegend|#EAB600|Lophotis savilei}}{{leftlegend|#B75B00|Lophotis gindiana}}{{leftlegend|#738925|Lophotis ruficrista}}

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Lophotis is a genus of bustard in the family Otididae. The genus contains three species, all found in Africa. All three species are sometimes placed in the genus Eupodotis, and are closely related to that genus and the genus Afrotis. One distinctive feature of the genus is a pink retractile crest.{{Citation | first = Nigel | last = Collar | editor-first = Josep | editor-last = del Hoyo | editor2-first = Andrew | editor2-last = Elliott | editor3-last = Sargatal | editor3-first = Jordi | contribution = Family Otididae (Bustards) | title = Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 3, Hoatzin to Auks | year = 1996 | pages = [https://archive.org/details/handbookofbirdso0001unse/page/240 240–273] | place = Barcelona | publisher = Lynx Edicions | isbn = 84-87334-20-2 }}

Species

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ImageScientific nameCommon NameDistribution
Lophotis savileiSavile's bustardBurkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Ivory Coast, Gambia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, and Sudan.
120pxLophotis gindianaBuff-crested bustardDjibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda.
120pxLophotis ruficristaRed-crested korhaanAngola, Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

References

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Category:Birds of Sub-Saharan Africa

Category:Taxa named by Ludwig Reichenbach