{"id":117925,"date":"2014-11-11T19:34:09","date_gmt":"2014-11-11T18:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/kori-bustard-ardeotis-kori\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T09:16:41","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T08:16:41","slug":"kori-bustard-ardeotis-kori","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/threatened-bird-species\/nt-near-threatened\/kori-bustard-ardeotis-kori\/","title":{"rendered":"Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This species has an extremely large but disjunct range in sub-Saharan Africa. occurring from Ethiopia and Somalia south to Tanzania, and from southern Angola and Zimbabwe south to South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>This huge African bustard is suspected to be undergoing moderately rapid population declines across much of its range owing to a variety of threats including collisions with power lines, hunting and habitat degradation. It has consequently been uplisted to Near Threatened.<\/p>\n<p>Factsheet: Kori Bustard\u00a0<i>Ardeotis\u00a0kori<\/i>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"ngg-galleryoverview\" id=\"ngg-gallery-564-117925\">\n\n\n\n    \t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-9605\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/kori-bustard-ardeotis-kori\/kb2.jpg\" title=\"Kori Bustard Ardeotis Kori\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Kori Bustard Ardeotis Kori\" alt=\"Kori Bustard Ardeotis Kori\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/kori-bustard-ardeotis-kori\/thumbs\/thumbs_kb2.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Kori Bustard Ardeotis Kori<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-9604\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/kori-bustard-ardeotis-kori\/kb-portrait.jpg\" title=\"Kori Bustard Ardeotis Kori\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Kori Bustard Ardeotis Kori\" alt=\"Kori Bustard Ardeotis Kori\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/kori-bustard-ardeotis-kori\/thumbs\/thumbs_kb-portrait.jpg\" width=\"299\" height=\"300\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Kori Bustard Ardeotis Kori<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-6365\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/kori-bustard-ardeotis-kori\/img_1214.jpg\" title=\"Kori Bustard Ardeotis Kori \" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Kori Bustard Ardeotis Kori \" alt=\"Kori Bustard Ardeotis Kori \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/kori-bustard-ardeotis-kori\/thumbs\/thumbs_img_1214.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"194\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Kori Bustard Ardeotis Kori <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-6364\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/kori-bustard-ardeotis-kori\/img_0249.jpg\" title=\"Kori Bustard Ardeotis Kori \" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Kori Bustard Ardeotis Kori \" alt=\"Kori Bustard Ardeotis Kori \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/kori-bustard-ardeotis-kori\/thumbs\/thumbs_img_0249.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"204\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Kori Bustard Ardeotis Kori <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-6363\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/kori-bustard-ardeotis-kori\/img_0221.jpg\" title=\"Kori Bustard Ardeotis Kori \" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Kori Bustard Ardeotis Kori \" alt=\"Kori Bustard Ardeotis Kori \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/kori-bustard-ardeotis-kori\/thumbs\/thumbs_img_0221.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Kori Bustard Ardeotis Kori <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t<!-- Pagination -->\n \t<div class=\"ngg-clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This species has an extremely large but disjunct range in sub-Saharan Africa. occurring from Ethiopia and Somalia south to Tanzania, and from southern Angola and Zimbabwe south to South Africa. 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