Savile's bustard
Lophotis savilei Lynes, 1920
The savile's bustard (Lophotis savilei) is a species in the family Otididae, order Otidiformes. Recorded adults weigh about 712.1 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.
Quick facts about the savile's bustard
- Weight
- 712.1 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Omnivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- shrublandsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- 1.4src 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 savile's bustard live?
Not recorded
What is the savile's bustard?
Savile's bustard (Lophotis savilei) is a species of bird in the family Otididae. Otididae are an Old-World and understudied family of birds mostly found in Afro-Tropical regions. It is found in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Ivory Coast, Gambia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, and Sudan.
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Is the savile's bustard endangered?
The savile'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 savile's bustard classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderOtidiformes
- familyOtididae
- genusLophotis
- SpeciesLophotis savilei Lynes, 1920
Synonyms Eupodotis ruficrista savilei, Eupodotis savilei, Lohotis savilei
Other names and names in other languages (40)
- SABUEnglish
- حبارى سافيلArabic
- Otiz SavileBreton
- sisó del SahelCatalan
- Lophotis savileiCebuano
- drop SavileůvCzech
- Ceiliog gwaun SavileWelsh
- PygmætrappeDanish
- SaheltrappeGerman
- SaviletrappeGerman
- sahela otidoEsperanto
- Sisón moñudo del SahelSpanish
- Sisón moñudo sahelianoSpanish
- sudaani viletrappEstonian
- هوبره ساویلPersian
- nuolitrappiFinnish
- Outarde de SavileFrench
- חובת סבילHebrew
- smeđolica dropljaCroatian
- Otarda di SavileItalian
- ニシカンムリショウノガンJapanese
- Savilio einisLithuanian
- SahelkuiftrapDutch
- olivenkronetrappeNorwegian
- dropik sahelskiPolish
- sisão-do-sahelPortuguese
- abetarda-do-saelPortuguese
- abetarda-do-sahelPortuguese
- sisão-sahelianoPortuguese
- Малый корханRussian
- Малая дрофа СавильоваRussian
- drop sahelskýSlovak
- Savilova dropljaSerbian
- saheltrappSwedish
- saheltofstrappSwedish
- Cüce ToyTurkish
- дрохва сахелеваUkrainian
- 萨氏鸨Chinese
- 沙威氏鴇Chinese
- 薩氏冠鴇Chinese
Relatives of the savile's bustard
Other species in the same genus Lophotis.
Red-crested korhaan
Lophotis ruficrista
Buff-crested bustard
Lophotis gindiana
CompareSavile's bustard vs Red-crested korhaanSavile's bustard vs Buff-crested bustard
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the savile's bustard?
An adult savile's bustard weighs 712.1 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the savile's bustard endangered?
The savile'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 savile's bustard?
The savile's bustard (Lophotis savilei) 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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