The Zoochat Photographic Guide to Turacos, Cuckoos, Bustards and the Hoatzin.

Lissotis


Hartlaub's Bustard (Lissotis hartlaubii)

The range of this species represents a patchy distribution of disjunct populations throughout northeast Africa, from southeast Sudan in the north to northern Tanzania and adjacent southeast Kenya in the south.

Monotypic.

Photo by @Hix

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Black-bellied Bustard (Lissotis melanogaster)

The range of this species extends throughout much of sub-Saharan Africa, from Senegal in the west to Eritrea and Ethiopia in the east, and south to northeast Namibia in the west and coastal southeast South Africa in the east; absent from the Congo Basin, the arid regions of the southwest adjacent to the Kalahari and much of South Africa, and largely absent from the Horn of Africa.

Two subspecies are recognised:

L. m. melanogaster - photo by @Hix

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L. m. notophila
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Neotis


Ludwig's Bustard (Neotis ludwigii)

The range of this species extends throughout much of southwest Africa, from southwest Angola in the north to the Western Cape in the south, and east from here throughout much of southern South Africa.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Denham's Bustard (Neotis denhami)

The range of this species represents several disjunct populations extending throughout sub-Saharan Africa; throughout the Sahel from Senegal and Sierra Leone in the west to northern Uganda and western Ethiopia in the east; a series of fragmented populations throughout the Congo Basin and adjacent areas of central Africa as far north as central Kenya and the Albertine Rift, and as far south as northern Zimbabwe; and throughout coastal southeast and southern South Africa and Swaziland.

Three subspecies are recognised:

N. d. denhami
N. d. jacksoni
N. d. stanleyi

No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Heuglin's Bustard (Neotis heuglinii)

The range of this species extends throughout the Horn of Africa and adjacent regions of northeast Africa, from Eritrea, Djibouti and northern Somalia in the north to central Kenya in the south.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Nubian Bustard (Neotis nuba)

The range of this species extends throughout the Sahel of sub-Saharan Africa from western Mauritania in the west to eastern Sudan in the east.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
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Ardeotis


Arabian Bustard (Ardeotis arabs)

The range of this species extends patchily throughout the Sahel of sub-Saharan Africa from Senegal and southwest Mauritania in the west to Eritrea and Djibouti in the east, and from here into the southwest Arabian Peninsula.

Three extant subspecies are recognised:

A. a. stieberi
A. a. butleri
A. a. arabs

No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Kori Bustard (Ardeotis kori)

The range of this species represents a pair of widely-disjunct populations; from northern Somalia and adjacent eastern Ethiopia in the north to northern Tanzania in the south; and throughout much of southern Africa from southwest Angola in the west to Botswana and southern Mozambique in the east, and south throughout much of interior South Africa.

Two subspecies are recognised:

A. k. struthiunculus - photo by @ThylacineAlive

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A. k. kori - photo by @ronnienl

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Great Indian Bustard (Ardeotis nigriceps)

The range of this species represents a highly-fragmented distribution of disjunct populations throughout western and central India, and adjacent southeast Pakistan.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Australian Bustard (Ardeotis australis)

The range of this species extends throughout much of Australia, with populations sparse in the south and entirely absent in the southeast, and also extends north into south-central New Guinea.

Monotypic.

Photo by @WhistlingKite24

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Houbaropsis


Bengal Florican (Houbaropsis bengalensis)

The range of this species represents a pair of widely-disjunct populations; patchily throughout southern Nepal and adjacent northern India, extending into the lowlands of northeast India; and in central Cambodia.

Two subspecies are recognised:

H. b. bengalensis
H. b. blandini

No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
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Sypheotides


Lesser Florican (Sypheotides indicus)

The summer breeding range of this species extends from southern Pakistan, through northwest and central India, into southwest Nepal; the wintering range of this species extends throughout central and southeast India, and also north into southern Nepal.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
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Lophotis


Savile's Bustard (Lophotis savilei)

The range of this species represents a highly-fragmented distribution of disjunct populations throughout the Sahel of sub-Saharan Africa, from southwest Mauritania in the west to central Sudan in the east.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Buff-crested Bustard (Lophotis gindiana)

The range of this species extends throughout the Horn of Africa and adjacent areas of northeast Africa, from eastern Ethiopia, Djibouti and northern Somalia in the north to north-central Tanzania in the south, and west to southeast South Sudan and northeast Uganda.

Monotypic.

Photo by @keith8404

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Red-crested Bustard (Lophotis ruficrista)

The range of this species extends throughout much of south-central Africa, from southern Angola in the west to central Zimabwe in the east, and south to north-central South Africa and Swaziland.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
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Heterotetrax


Karoo Bustard (Heterotetrax vigorsii)

The range of this species extends throughout southwest Africa, from southern Namibia in the north to the Western Cape in the south, and east into interior south-central South Africa.

Two subspecies are recognised:

H. v. namaqua
H. v. vigorsii

No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Rüppell's Bustard (Heterotetrax rueppelii)

The range of this species is restricted to the coastal southwest of Africa from southwest Angola to west-central Namibia.

Two subspecies are recognised:

H. r. rueppelii
H. r. fitzsimonsi

No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Little Brown Bustard (Heterotetrax humilis)

The range of this species is restricted to eastern Ethiopia and adjacent regions of northern Somalia.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
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Afrotis


Southern Black Bustard (Afrotis afra)

The range of this species is restricted to the Western Cape of South Africa, and adjacent regions of southwest South Africa.

Monotypic.

Photo by @gentle lemur

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Northern Black Bustard (Afrotis afraoides)

The range of this species extends throughout much of southern Africa, from northern Namibia and Botswana in the north, through interior South Africa to Lesotho and south-central South Africa in the south.

Three subspecies are recognised:

A. a. etoschae
A. a. damarensis
A. a. afraoides

No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
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Eupodotis


White-bellied Bustard (Eupodotis senegalensis)

The range of this species comprises a highly-fragmented distribution of disjunct populations throughout sub-Saharan Africa; from Senegal and southwest Mauritania in the west to southern Sudan in the east; from Eritrea, Ethiopia and northern Somalia in the north to central Tanzania in the south; from eastern Gabon and central Congo in the north to western Zambia in the south; and throughout eastern South Africa and adjacent regions of southeast Botswana and Swaziland.

Five subspecies are recognised:

E. s. senegalensis
E. s. canicollis - photo by @Maguari

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E. s. erlangeri - photo by @Tomek

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E. s. mackenziei
E. s. barrowii


Blue Bustard (Eupodotis caerulescens)

The range of this species is restricted to interior eastern South Africa and westernmost Lesotho.

Monotypic.

Photo by @Goura

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And with that, another group has been completed :)

There's a few gaps which I think potentially could be filled; as such, the following are the cuckoo, turaco and bustard species which we currently lack images of within the Zoochat gallery.
 
OPISTHOCOMIDAE - Hoatzins (all species represented)

 
CUCULIDAE - Cuckoos (98/149 species unrepresented)

Striped Cuckoo (Tapera naevia)
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Pheasant Cuckoo (Dromococcyx phasianellus)
Pavonine Cuckoo (Dromococcyx pavoninus)
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Lesser Ground-cuckoo (Morococcyx erythropygus)
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Lesser Roadrunner (Geococcyx velox)
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Rufous-vented Ground-cuckoo (Neomorphus geoffroyi)
Banded Ground-cuckoo (Neomorphus radiolosus)
Rufous-winged Ground-cuckoo (Neomorphus rufipennis)
Red-billed Ground-cuckoo (Neomorphus pucheranii)
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Coquerel's Coua (Coua coquereli)
Red-breasted Coua (Coua serriana)
Olive-capped Coua (Coua olivaceiceps)
Chestnut-vented Coua (Coua pyropyga)
Verreaux's Coua (Coua verreauxi)
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Bornean Ground-cuckoo (Carpococcyx radiceus)
Sumatran Ground-cuckoo (Carpococcyx viridis)
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Buff-headed Coucal (Centropus milo)
Pied Coucal (Centropus ateralbus)
Biak Coucal (Centropus chalybeus)
Rufous Coucal (Centropus unirufus)
Black-faced Coucal (Centropus melanops)
Black-hooded Coucal (Centropus steerii)
Short-toed Coucal (Centropus rectunguis)
Bay Coucal (Centropus celebensis)
Gabon Coucal (Centropus anselli)
Black-throated Coucal (Centropus leucogaster)
Blue-headed Coucal (Centropus monachus)
Javan Coucal (Centropus nigrorufus)
Andaman Coucal (Centropus andamanensis)
Goliath Coucal (Centropus goliath)
Madagascar Coucal (Centropus toulou)
Philippine Coucal (Centropus viridis)
Violaceous Coucal (Centropus violaceus)
Black-billed Coucal (Centropus bernsteini)
Kai Coucal (Centropus spilopterus)
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Whistling Yellowbill (Ceuthmochares australis)
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Sirkeer Malkoha (Taccocua leschenaultii)
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Red-billed Malkoha (Zanclostomus javanicus)
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Red-faced Malkoha (Phaenicophaeus pyrrhocephalus)
Blue-faced Malkoha (Phaenicophaeus viridirostris)
Chestnut-bellied Malkoha (Phaenicophaeus sumatranus)
Mentawai Malkoha (Phaenicophaeus oeneicaudus)
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Red-crested Malkoha (Dasylophus superciliosus)
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Scale-feathered Malkoha (Lepidogrammus cumingi)
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Yellow-billed Malkoha (Rhamphococcyx calyorhynchus)
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Little Cuckoo (Coccycua minuta)
Dwarf Cuckoo (Coccycua pumila)
Ash-colored Cuckoo (Coccycua cinerea)
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Mexican Squirrel-cuckoo (Piaya mexicana)
Black-bellied Cuckoo (Piaya melanogaster)
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Pearly-breasted Cuckoo (Coccyzus euleri)
Mangrove Cuckoo (Coccyzus minor)
Cocos Cuckoo (Coccyzus ferrugineus)
Dark-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus melacoryphus)
Black-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus erythropthalmus)
Grey-capped Cuckoo (Coccyzus lansbergi)
Chestnut-bellied Cuckoo (Coccyzus pluvialis)
Bay-breasted Cuckoo (Coccyzus rufigularis)
Cuban Lizard-cuckoo (Coccyzus merlini)
Puerto Rican Lizard-cuckoo (Coccyzus vieilloti)
Bahama Lizard-cuckoo (Coccyzus bahamensis)
Jamaican Lizard-cuckoo (Coccyzus vetula)
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Thick-billed Cuckoo (Pachycoccyx audeberti)
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Dwarf Koel (Microdynamis parva)
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Long-tailed Koel (Urodynamis taitensis)
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Long-billed Cuckoo (Chalcites megarhynchus)
Black-eared Cuckoo (Chalcites osculans)
Rufous-throated Bronze-cuckoo (Chalcites ruficollis)
Shining Bronze-cuckoo (Chalcites lucidus)
White-eared Bronze-cuckoo (Chalcites meyerii)
Little Bronze-cuckoo (Chalcites minutillus)
Pied Bronze-cuckoo (Chalcites crassirostris)
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Asian Emerald Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx maculatus)
Yellow-throated Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx flavigularis)
Klaas's Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx klaas)
African Emerald Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx cupreus)
Diederik Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx caprius)
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Chestnut-breasted Cuckoo (Cacomantis castaneiventris)
Plaintive Cuckoo (Cacomantis merulinus)
Brush Cuckoo (Cacomantis variolosus)
Moluccan Cuckoo (Cacomantis aeruginosus)
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White-crowned Cuckoo (Caliechthrus leucolophus)
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Dusky Long-tailed Cuckoo (Cercococcyx mechowi)
Olive Long-tailed Cuckoo (Cercococcyx olivinus)
Barred Long-tailed Cuckoo (Cercococcyx montanus)
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Fork-tailed Drongo-cuckoo (Surniculus dicruroides)
Philippine Drongo-cuckoo (Surniculus velutinus)
Moluccan Drongo-cuckoo (Surniculus musschenbroeki)
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Large Hawk-cuckoo (Hierococcyx sparverioides)
Moustached Hawk-cuckoo (Hierococcyx vagans)
Whistling Hawk-cuckoo (Hierococcyx nisicolor)
Northern Hawk-cuckoo (Hierococcyx hyperythrus)
Philippine Hawk-cuckoo (Hierococcyx pectoralis)
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Sulawesi Cuckoo (Cuculus crassirostris)
Red-chested Cuckoo (Cuculus solitarius)
Black Cuckoo (Cuculus clamosus)
Sunda Cuckoo (Cuculus lepidus)
Madagascar Cuckoo (Cuculus rochii)
 
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MUSOPHAGIDAE - Turacos (4/24 species unrepresented)

Rwenzori Turaco (Gallirex johnstoni)
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Ruspoli's Turaco (Tauraco ruspolii)
Bannerman's Turaco (Tauraco bannermani)
Yellow-billed Turaco (Tauraco macrorhynchus)
 
OTIDIDAE - Bustards (15/26 species unrepresented)

African Houbara (Chlamydotis undulata)
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Ludwig's Bustard (Neotis ludwigii)
Denham's Bustard (Neotis denhami)
Heuglin's Bustard (Neotis heuglinii)
Nubian Bustard (Neotis nuba)
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Arabian Bustard (Ardeotis arabs)
Great Indian Bustard (Ardeotis nigriceps)
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Bengal Florican (Houbaropsis bengalensis)
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Lesser Florican (Sypheotides indicus)
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Savile's Bustard (Lophotis savilei)
Red-crested Bustard (Lophotis ruficrista)
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Karoo Bustard (Heterotetrax vigorsii)
Rüppell's Bustard (Heterotetrax rueppelii)
Little Brown Bustard (Heterotetrax humilis)
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Northern Black Bustard (Afrotis afraoides)
 
Just uploaded images of four species to the Zoochat gallery (all taxidermy mounts):

Gabon Coucal (Centropus anselli)
Scale-feathered Malkoha (Lepidogrammus cumingi)
African Emerald Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx cupreus)

Denham's Bustard (Neotis denhami)
 
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Ding Lingwei said:
Just uploaded images of five species to the Zoochat gallery (all taxidermy mounts):

Gabon Coucal (Centropus anselli)
Scale-feathered Malkoha (Lepidogrammus cumingi)
Shining Bronze-cuckoo (Chalcites lucidus)
African Emerald Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx cupreus)

Denham's Bustard (Neotis denhami)
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For the purposes of these threads I avoid using photographs of taxidermy mounts, but the upload is very much appreciated nonetheless given they still represent an addition of diversity to the gallery :)
 
TeaLovingDave said:
Tauraco

Knysna Turaco (Tauraco corythaix)

The range of this species extends throughout eastern South Africa and western Swaziland, from northeast South Africa to the Western Cape.

Two subspecies are recognised:

T. c. phoebus
T. c. corythaix - photo by @Deer Forest

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I know this is extremely late haha, but the photo you have of a Knysna Turaco is actually a Livingstone's Turaco and not a Knysna Turaco.

I have posted Knysna Turaco 3 times on ZooChat and I can get you some more photos of them or just the links to the present ones if you are interested
 
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