Otis (bird)

Otis is a genus of bustard containing a single living species, the great bustard (Otis tarda).

Otis
Temporal range: Miocene - Recent
Great bustard (Otis tarda)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Otidiformes
Family: Otididae
Genus: Otis
Linnaeus, 1758
Species
  • Otis tarda
  • †Otis hellenica
  • †Otis khosatzkii
  • †Otis paratetrax

Several extinct species are known, including the recently described Otis hellenica from the Turolian of Greece. At 19 kg (42 lb), it was larger than its extant relative.[1]

References
  1. Boev, Z.N. (2013). "Otis hellenica sp. nov., a new Turolian bustard (Aves: Otididae) from Kryopigi (Chalkidiki, Greece)". Geologica Balcanica. 42 (1–3): 59–65.
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