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Afrotis afraoides  (A. Smith, 1831)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 707802

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Eupodotis afraoides (A. Smith, 1831)
  
  Common Name(s): Northern Black Korhaan [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassAves  – Birds, oiseaux  
                         OrderOtidiformes   
                            FamilyOtididae  – Bustards  
                               GenusAfrotis G. R. Gray, 1855  
                                  SpeciesAfrotis afraoides (A. Smith, 1831) – Northern Black Korhaan  
    Direct Children:  
                                     Subspecies Afrotis afraoides afraoides (A. Smith, 1831)  
                                     Subspecies Afrotis afraoides damarensis Roberts, 1926  
                                     Subspecies Afrotis afraoides etoschae (Grote, 1922)  
       

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  Source: Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource, 2006.07.04, website (version 04-Jul-06)  
  Acquired: 2006   
  Notes: Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource" maintained by Alan P. Peterson at http://www.zoonomen.net   
  Reference for: Afrotis afraoides   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Collar, N. J. / del Hoyo, Josep, Andrew Elliott, and Jordi Sargatal, eds.  
  Publication Date: 1996   
  Article/Chapter Title: Family Otididae (Bustards)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Handbook of the Birds of the World, vol. 3: Hoatzin to Auks   
  Page(s): 240-275   
  Publisher: Lynx Edicions   
  Publication Place: Barcelona, Spain   
  ISBN/ISSN: 84-87334-20-2   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Afrotis afraoides   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Gill, Frank, and Minturn Wright  
  Publication Date: 2006   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Birds of the World: Recommended English Names   
  Page(s): ix + 259   
  Publisher: Princeton University Press   
  Publication Place: Princeton, New Jersey, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-691-12827-8   
  Notes: Includes a CD-ROM with the full dataset   
  Reference for: Afrotis afraoides, Northern Black Korhaan [English]   
       

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