kori bustard
ardeotis kori latin

Outside of the breeding display, Kori Bustards are often silent.

Kori Bustards spend most of their time on the ground, though can forage occasionally in low bushes and trees.

The Kori Bustard is generally a somewhat scarce bird.

The Kori Bustard is found throughout southern Africa, except in densely wooded areas.

Kori Bustards are quite omnivorous birds.

During outbreaks of locusts and caterpillars, Kori Bustards are sometimes found feeding on them in numbers.

Perches may include branches of vegetation or even the backs of large animals, such as the Kori Bustard.

Kori Bustards engage in lek mating.

The female Kori Bustard lays her eggs on the ground in a shallow, unlined hollow, rather than a scrape.

Poisons used to control locusts may also effect and collisions with power wires regularly claim Kori Bustards.

The country also boasts marvellous specialist birds, such as the African Kori Bustard and the Secretary Bird.

The Kori Bustard (Ardeotis kori) is a large bird native to Africa.

The Kori Bustard is cryptically colored, being mostly grey and brown in color, finely patterned with black and white coloring.

Martial Eagle occasionally predate adult Kori Bustard, which are possibly the heaviest flying animal alive today.

Among bustards, this species is smaller only than the Kori Bustard and the Great Bustard in size.

Phase I will also feature kori bustards, common eland, African spurred tortoise, blue cranes, and superb starlings.

Kori Bustards' breeding season is between October and March, though mainly November and December.

Being a large, ground-dwelling bird species, the Kori Bustard is vulnerable to many of Africa's myriad of terrestrial predators.

Kori Bustard (Ardeotis kori)

There were red Lechwe antelope and water buffalo, kori bustards (the world's heaviest flying birds), a cheeky mongoose and tree-climbing frogs.

A total of 400 species of birds have been recorded from the park, including Pel's Fishing Owl, Kori bustard, and Tropical Boubou.

The park also boasts about 500 bird species, including ostrich, secretary bird, Kori bustard, crowned crane, marabou stork, martial eagle, lovebirds, and many species of vultures.

South Africa hosts over 800 bird species, including the world's largest bird (the ostrich), its heaviest flying bird (Kori bustard), and vividly coloured sunbirds and flamingos.

They are fairly similar in overall appearance to the Kori Bustard, with a brown body, gray neck and white underside, but are noticeably smaller, with a more elegant, slender build.

Large males of the Kori Bustard (Ardeotis kori) and Great Bustard (Otis tarda) are perfectly capable of flight, while weighing in excess of 20 kg.

Kori Bustard (Ardeotis kori)