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Species profile—Ardeotis australis (Australian bustard)

Classification

Animalia (animals) → Aves (birds) → Otididae (bustards) → Ardeotis australis (Australian bustard)

Photo of Ardeotis australis (Australian bustard) - Queensland Government,1977
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Species details

Kingdom
Animalia (animals)
Class
Aves (birds)
Family
Otididae (bustards)
Scientific name
Ardeotis australis (Gray, 1829)
Common name
Australian bustard
WildNet taxon ID
1680
Alternate name(s)
plains turkey
wild turkey
Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
Least concern
Back on Track (BoT) status
Low
Conservation significant
No
Endemicity
Native
Pest status
Nil
Species environment
Terrestrial

Other resources

Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM)
Atlas of Living Australia

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Data source

This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=1680

This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.

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Licence
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Last updated
23 October 2019
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