Heuglin's bustard
| Heuglin's bustard | |
|---|---|
| Female Heuglin's bustard Neotis heuglinii | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Otidiformes |
| Family: | Otididae |
| Genus: | Neotis |
| Species: | N. heuglinii |
| Binomial name | |
| Neotis heuglinii (Hartlaub, 1859) | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Otis heuglinii | |
Heuglin's bustard (Neotis heuglinii) is a species of bird in the bustard family.
The bird was initially described by Theodor von Heuglin and Gustav Hartlaub, although only Hartlaub is normally credited as the author. Hartlaub, a curator at the Bremen Museum of Natural History, coined the species epithet for Heuglin, who collected the specimens and made measurements in the field near Somalia.