Bustards

White-bellied Bustard

Eupodotis senegalensis

The White-bellied Bustard (Eupodotis senegalensis) is a 585 g grassland bird that eats a bit of everything. It stays put all year.

Family

Bustards

Order

Otidiformes

Weight

585 g

Habitat

Grassland

Diet

Omnivore

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

15

Recorded in Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Zambia, Uganda, Senegal, Benin, Republic of the Congo, Gambia, Gabon, Cameroon, eSwatini, Somalia.

Where to see it: Auto selected 5.28882, 35.82904 (South Sudan); Awash NP · southern section (Ethiopia); Serengeti NP (Tanzania); Awash NP (Please use more specific hotspot) (Ethiopia); Lesio-Louna Reserve · Iboubikro and track to Mah (Republic of the Congo).

Photo: (c) Loren Cassin Sackett, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist