Heuglin's bustard
Neotis heuglinii (Hartlaub, 1859)
The heuglin's bustard (Neotis heuglinii) is a species in the family Otididae, order Otidiformes. Recorded adults weigh 2.8 kg to 6 kg. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.
Quick facts about the heuglin's bustard
- Weight
- 2.8 kg – 6 kgsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Omnivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- desertsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- 2src for Young per litter or clutch
- Lifestyle
- Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
- Migration
- Sedentarysrc for Migration
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the heuglin's bustard live?
Not recorded
What is the heuglin's bustard?
Heuglin's bustard (Neotis heuglinii) is a species of bird in the bustard family.
The bird was initially described by Theodor von Heuglin and Gustav Hartlaub, although only Hartlaub is normally credited as the author. Hartlaub, a curator at the Bremen Museum of Natural History, coined the species epithet for Heuglin, who collected the specimens and made measurements in the field near Somalia.
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Is the heuglin's bustard endangered?
The heuglin's bustard is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.
- LCLeast Concern
- NTNear Threatened
- VUVulnerable
- ENEndangered
- CRCritically Endangered
- EWExtinct in the Wild
- EXExtinct
Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.
How is the heuglin's bustard classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderOtidiformes
- familyOtididae
- genusNeotis
- SpeciesNeotis heuglinii (Hartlaub, 1859)
Synonyms Ardeotis heuglinii, Otis heuglinii
Other names and names in other languages (35)
- HEBUEnglish
- حبارى هوجلينArabic
- pioc de HeuglinCatalan
- drop HeuglinůvCzech
- drop rezavoprsýCzech
- ceiliog gwaun HeuglinWelsh
- Sortmasket TrappeDanish
- HeuglintrappeGerman
- Heuglin-TrappeGerman
- nigramaska otidoEsperanto
- Avutarda somalíSpanish
- masktrappEstonian
- naamiotrappiFinnish
- Outarde de HeuglinFrench
- somalijska dropljaCroatian
- Heuglin-túzokHungarian
- Otarda di HeuglinItalian
- チュウノガンJapanese
- somalinis einisLithuanian
- Heuglins TrapDutch
- somalitrappeNorwegian
- drop etiopskiPolish
- abetarda-somaliPortuguese
- abetarda-de-colar-ruivoPortuguese
- Сомалийская дрофаRussian
- Сомалийская африканская дрофаRussian
- drop pustatinnýSlovak
- Hojglinova dropljaSerbian
- HeuglintrappSwedish
- somaliatrappSwedish
- Maskeli ToyTurkish
- дрохва ефіопськаUkrainian
- 東非鴇Chinese
- 黑脸鸨Chinese
- 黑臉鴇Chinese
Relatives of the heuglin's bustard
Other species in the same genus Neotis.
Denham's bustard
Neotis denhami
Nubian bustard
Neotis nuba
Ludwig's bustard
Neotis ludwigii
CompareHeuglin's bustard vs Denham's bustardHeuglin's bustard vs Nubian bustardHeuglin's bustard vs Ludwig's bustard
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the heuglin's bustard?
An adult heuglin's bustard weighs 2.8 kg – 6 kg, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the heuglin's bustard endangered?
The heuglin's bustard is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.
What kind of animal is the heuglin's bustard?
The heuglin's bustard (Neotis heuglinii) belongs to the family Otididae in the order Otidiformes.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
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Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
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