Heuglin’s Bustard / Neotis heuglinii
WBN 
Heuglin's Bustard
SCI Name:
Protonym: Otis heuglinii Ibis p.344 pl.11
Taxonomy: Otidiformes / Otididae / Neotis
Taxonomy Code: heubus1
Type Locality: Near the wells of Thushha, between ZeUa and Harar.
Author: Hartlaub
Publish Year: 1859
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
NEOTIS
(Otididae; Ϯ Ludwig's Bustard N. ludwigii) Gr. νεος neos new, different; ωτις ōtis, ωτιδος ōtidos bustard; "NEOTIS, gen. n. Simile generi "Lissotis" dicto, sed rostro longiore, culmine digitum medium cum ungue excedente. Typus est Neotis ludwigi (Rüpp.)" (Sharpe 1893).
heuglini / heuglinii
Martin Theodor von Heuglin (1824-1876) German mining engineer, ornithologist, explorer in the Sudan, Abyssinia, Eritrea and Somaliland 1851-1864, and the Arctic 1870-1871 (subsp. Alcedo semitorquata, subsp. Argya rubiginosa, syn. Batis orientalis, syn. Butastur rufipennis, syn. Centropus monachus fischeri, Cossypha, syn. Cuculus solitarius, subsp. Dendropicos obsoletus, subsp. Larus fuscus, subsp. Merops hirundineus, Neotis, Oenanthe, Ploceus, syn. Pternistis clappertoni, syn. Zosterops senegalensis).
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
