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The Kori Bustard (Ardeotis Kori) Observations, Description, Status, Care, Behavior and Captive Environment The Kori Bustard (Ardeotis kori) observations, description, status, care, behavior and captive environment by Kevin Schneider Lakeside, California Kori Bustards were in Africa when become quite rare near centers of that they look like giant Road Run­ primative man finally decided that it human population. They survive in ners from Africa. Along with the might be a good idea to stand up for parts of their former range only others in the genusArdeotis, they are the first time. They were also there because ofstrict protection." a long lived bird and are among the long before the Super Continent split Kori Bustards as well as all other largest of the Bustard family. The into Africa, Australia, Saudia Arabia bustards on this planet are extremely adult female Kori stands a little over and India. endangered, living in depleted popu­ three feet tall with a wing span of This fact is readily apparent with lations in their various countries of about five feet and average weight of the four species of Ardeotis being origin. They are being pushed to the 12 pounds. The adult males stand a represented by Ardeotis kori in edge ofextinction in our time. little over four feet with a larger wing Africa, Ardeotis australis in Austra­ span and an approximate weight of The captive gene pool of Kori lia, Ardeotis arabis in Saudia Arabia 18 to 20 pounds. andArdeotis nigriceps in India. Bustards in the U.S. consists of Kori Bustards have a strong head approximately 58 birds represented Excerpts taken from "Birds of the and straight beak with a cap of short by approximately 1/3 male to 1/3 World" by Oliver L. Austin, Jr., state blackish feathers on their head mixed female birds. "The Bustards (Spp.) are a well with a very nice flowing crest which All Ardeotis share similar character­ marked family of large cursorial can be raised if excited. Feathers istics of body type; display behavior; upland ground birds that live on around their facial area are a mix of opportunistic feeding habits; behav­ open, grassy plains and brushy savan­ light grey and white. ior during egg laying and incubation; nas.... The Bustards are great The neck feathers are of heron-like behavior in response to life threaten­ wanderers and some of the northern quality and are a white feather with species perform extensive migra­ ing situations; their acute awareness thin black stripes. The neck feathers tions. They fly in typical crane fash­ of their captive environment at every can also be raised when excited. moment of the day and night and ion with the head and neck straight They have a blackish "collar" of their total dislike of man during the out in front. Their wings beat feathers at the base of the neck, first year ortwo ofcaptivity. strongly and steadily. In flight they where it joins the body. This" collar" strongly resemble geese; the notice­ There is very little known about the is almost a full circle. Coloration is able difference being their long legs Kori Bustard. The best way to broken, to a degree, at front center trailing behind the tail and curious describe these birds to anyone who by the extension of neck feathers aerial posture of the rear of the body has never seen them before is to say meeting the white of the chest area sagging low. Unlike cranes and geese, they are not high fliers, and even on long migrations Bustards seldom rise more than 200 or 300 feet above the AVIAN TRADER CLASSIFIEDS ground. As a rule, Bustards travel in small 100% OF OUR SUBSCRIBERS READ THE CLASSIFIEDS!! flocks of a dozen or so birds. Highly popular as game birds, they run so *Buy, Sell, Trade Your Birds, Equipment, Supplies nationwide. rapidly they are difficult for a hunter *Subscriptions: 12 Issues $7. 25 Issues $14. 38 Issues $21. to approach on foot. However, they ~~~"'\ *Ads due 25th of each Month. 35¢ a word. $7 Min. per Ad. often crouch and hide, depending on *Published Monthly. Mailed 1st Class. camouflage to protect them. Unfor­ *We accept Checks and VISNMASTERCARD. tunately, they show so little fear of a *NO LONG WAIT FOR CIRCULATION!! man on horseback or camelback or in a car that they have little chance MAIL SUBSCRIPTIONS and ADS to: ATC, Dept. A, P.O. Box 6215, against modern weapons. Like all Traverse City, MI 49685-6215 Fax (616) 946-9317 birds of savory flesh, they have now # afa WATCHnIRD 53 and on a small space on the back of the neck, at its base, where the color is white. The outer wing coverts are a mixture of black, white and a fine Avian brownish and black vermiculated pattern. When the birds have their wings Trade Shows folded, feather coloration on the upper body of the bird consists of a fine vermiculated pattern of various & shades of brown and black. With wings extended, primary flight feathers and some secondary wing Seminars feathers are a banded black/gray and white changing to the vermiculated pattern as the feathers near the body AnnualFall Sale 3rdAnnual Educational Seminar ofthe bird, on the wing. presentedby and Bird Swap Meet TennesseeValley Caged Bird Club October 11, 1992 The underparts of the birds and August 29, 1992 RlssimmeeValley . their chest area are a cream white 9 a.m. to5p.m. Livestock Exhibition Hall color. 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This adaption Finch Showand Fall Bird Swap allows them to spring off the ground For info, call (419) 693-7439 October31, 1992 after 4:30 p.m. EDT Fond du Lac Holiday Inn from a sitting position with wings 615 Rolling Meadows Drive outstretched, vocaliZing, hopping Town & CountryFeathered Friends Fond du Lac, WI . and flapping out ofhann's way. 5thAnnual Exotic Cage Bird Fair For information: Kori Bustards are one of the heavi­ September 27,1992 Bernie Rahmlow (414) 231-8606 est, flapping, flying birds on this Washtenaw CountyFairgrounds Saline. Michigan planet. Nonnally these birds are very For information: quiet, except for the breeding season NancyK. Egerer (313) 227-6503 Mid-Michigan Bird Club when the male displays and calls. November 7, 1992 However, there is an exception. AviculturalSociety Byron Elementary School These birds are extremely vocal ofTucson 401 E. Maple, Byron, MI when worked with. Their basic presents its For information: ground rules are; don't get within 20 Dale Teeke (313) 427-3179 AnnualBird Fair feet of me, don't touch me and don't October 4, 1992 look directly at me or I'll throw a fit Tucson Convention Center like you've never seen. It's real inter­ For info, call (602) 721-4768 Middle Tennessee Cage Bird Club Fall Bird Showand Fair esting trying to weigh these birds. If Imperial Bird Club gUality Inn-Executive Plaza they must be moved I think it would 4thAnnual Swap Meet 823 Murfreesboro Rd. be much easier to "walk" these birds October 4, 1992 Nashville, TN instead ofpicking them up. Lakeland, FL For information: When these birds are caught up by For information: Ed Dittmar (615) 444-4101 hand and held off the ground, they Jean Pattison (813) 686-4532 David Holcomb (615) 399-3201 roar and scream like a lion. When startled in their enclosure they will "cough" repeatedly similar to a lion and move away, putting as much dis- 54 August/ September 1992 tance between themselves and the to insure their well being and safety injured as a result. I have known keeper as possible. in captivity. If they are placed in the none to survive the complications of These vocalizations must be a very proper captive environment their a broken wing. Keeping Kori Bus­ effective defense in themselves, in lives can be extended, their quality of tards with hoofed stock is a deadly, the birds' respective countries of ori­ life improved and their dislike for man made trap, which can easily be gin. I'm fairly certain that if someone man can even be reduced to toler­ avoided. happened to trip over a Kori Bustard, ance over a long period of time. It seems that proper climate and or a group of them, during the mid­ These are extremely intelligent birds seasonal changes to match those in dle ofthe night, in Africa, the attend­ of the open grasslands, desert and the country of origin would have ing physician would probably find it and brushlands and they do not take great effect on reproductive behav­ necessary to recommend complete kindly to captivity by what may seem ior.
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