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title: "Kori Bustard"
description: "Ardeotis kori — Uccelli. The kori bustard (Ardeotis kori) is the largest flying bird native to Africa."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/kori-bustard
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Kori Bustard

> Ardeotis kori — Uccelli. The kori bustard (Ardeotis kori) is the largest flying bird native to Africa.

- Scientific name: *Ardeotis kori*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Prati e campi), `savanna` (Savana)
- iNaturalist observations: 5285
- Wikidata: [Q686287](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q686287)
- iNaturalist taxon: [115](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/115)

## Names

- en: Kori Bustard
- de: Riesentrappe
- es: Avutarda kori
- fr: Outarde kori
- nl: Koritrap
- pt: Abetarda-gigante
- pl: Drop olbrzymi

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (1545), TZ (1092), NA (985), KE (772), BW (525), ET (74), ZW (67), ZM (5), UG (3)

## Summary

The kori bustard (Ardeotis kori) is the largest flying bird native to Africa. It is a member of the bustard family, which all belong to the order Otidiformes and are restricted in distribution to the Old World. It is one of the four species (ranging from Africa to India to Australia) in the large-bodied genus Ardeotis. The male kori bustard may be the heaviest living animal capable of flight.
This species, like most bustards, is a ground-dwelling bird and an opportunistic omnivore. Male kori bustards, which can be more than twice as heavy as the female, attempt to breed with as many females as possible and take no…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kori_bustard

## Photo

![Kori Bustard](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/kori-bustard/medium.jpg)

Photo: Henggang Cui · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/182467412

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/kori-bustard?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).