Rüppell's bustard
Heterotetrax rueppelii (Wahlberg, 1856)
The rüppell's bustard (Heterotetrax rueppelii) is a species in the family Otididae, order Otidiformes. Recorded adults weigh 1.02 kg to 1.19 kg. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.
Quick facts about the rüppell's bustard
- Weight
- 1.02 kg – 1.19 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
- 1src 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 rüppell's bustard live?
Not recorded
Is the rüppell's bustard endangered?
The rüppell'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 rüppell's bustard classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderOtidiformes
- familyOtididae
- genusHeterotetrax
- SpeciesHeterotetrax rueppelii (Wahlberg, 1856)
Synonyms Eupodotis rueppelii, Eupodotis rueppellii, Eupodotis ruppellii, Otis rueppelii, Otis ruppelii
Other names and names in other languages (39)
- Rüppell's bustardEnglish
- RUBUEnglish
- Rüppell's korhaanEnglish
- WoestynkorhaanAfrikaans
- Woestynkorhaan (Damarakorhaan)Afrikaans
- حبارى روبيلArabic
- كورهان روبيلArabic
- sisó de RüppellCatalan
- drop damarskýCzech
- drop RüppellůvCzech
- ceiliog gwaun RuppellWelsh
- AngolatrappeDanish
- RüppelltrappeGerman
- SüdwesttrappeGerman
- namibia otidoEsperanto
- Sisón de DamaralandSpanish
- namiibia trappEstonian
- namibiantrappiFinnish
- Outarde de RüppellFrench
- prugastovrata dropljaCroatian
- Rüppell-túzokHungarian
- Otarda di RüppellItalian
- コノドグロショウノガンJapanese
- Riupelio einisLithuanian
- Rüppells TrapDutch
- namibtrappeNorwegian
- dropik namibijskiPolish
- sisão-de-rüppellPortuguese
- abetarda-da-damaralândiaPortuguese
- abetarda-de-rüppellPortuguese
- Намибийский корханRussian
- Малая дрофа РупеляRussian
- drop korhanSlovak
- Ripelova dropljaSerbian
- namibtrappSwedish
- Rüppell ToyuTurkish
- корхаан намібійськийUkrainian
- 鲁氏鸨Chinese
- 魯佩氏鴇Chinese
Relatives of the rüppell's bustard
Other species in the same genus Heterotetrax.
Little brown bustard
Heterotetrax humilis
Karoo bustard
Heterotetrax vigorsii
CompareRüppell's bustard vs Little brown bustardRüppell's bustard vs Karoo bustard
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the rüppell's bustard?
An adult rüppell's bustard weighs 1.02 kg – 1.19 kg, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the rüppell's bustard endangered?
The rüppell'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 rüppell's bustard?
The rüppell's bustard (Heterotetrax rueppelii) 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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