- Lissotis
Taxobox
name = Lissotis
image_caption = Adult maleHartlaub's Bustard
regnum =Animalia
phylum =Chordata
classis =Aves
ordo =Gruiformes
familia =Otididae
genus = "Lissotis"
genus_authority = Reichenbach 1848"Lissotis" is a genus of
bird in thebustard family, Otididae. Some authorities, such as theIUCN , consider it part of "Eupodotis "; the separation adopted here follows the "Handbook of the Birds of the World ".It contains the following species, both restricted to
Africa :
*Black-bellied Bustard , "Lissotis melanogaster"
*Hartlaub's Bustard , "Lissotis hartlaubii"
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