Heuglin's Bustard (Neotis heuglinii) - BirdLife species factsheet

Heuglin's Bustard Neotis heuglinii

Current view: Data table and detailed info

Taxonomy

Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A. and Fishpool, L.D.C. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 1: Non-passerines. Lynx Edicions BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

IUCN Red List criteria met and history

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2024	Least Concern
2016	Least Concern
2012	Least Concern
2009	Least Concern
2008	Least Concern
2004	Least Concern
2000	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1994	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1988	Lower Risk/Least Concern

Species attributes

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	does not normally occur in forest
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

Range

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	1,910,000 km²	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	stable	-	suspected	-
Generation length	9.99 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is reported to be fairly common in northern Kenya and northern Somalia, uncommon in most of Ethiopia and rare in Eritrea (del Hoyo et al. 1996). The population is suspected to be stable in the absence of evidence for any declines or substantial threats.

Trend justification: The population is suspected to be stable in the absence of evidence for any declines or substantial threats.

Country/territory distribution

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Non-breeding visitor
Djibouti	extant	native	yes
Eritrea	extant	vagrant		yes
Ethiopia	extant	native	yes
Kenya	extant	native	yes
Somalia	extant	native	yes
South Sudan	extant	native

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Djibouti	Ali Sabieh - Assâmo
Ethiopia	Awash National Park
Ethiopia	Lake Chew Bahir
Ethiopia	Liben plains and Negele woodlands
Ethiopia	Lower Wabi Shebelle river and Warder
Kenya	Dida Galgalu desert
Kenya	Shaba National Reserve
Kenya	Tsavo East National Park
Somalia	Buulobarde
Somalia	Daalo
Somalia	Gacan Libaax
Somalia	Hobyo
Somalia	Jowhar - Warshiikh
Somalia	Saylac
Somalia	Xarardheere - Awale Rugno

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Desert	Hot	suitable	resident
Grassland	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	suitable	resident
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	suitable	resident
Altitude	0 - 700 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Heuglin's Bustard Neotis heuglinii. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/heuglins-bustard-neotis-heuglinii on 22/11/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 22/11/2024.