Ardeotis arabs

(Linnaeus, 1758) · species

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Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Otidiformes/Otididae/Ardeotis

At a glance

Occurrence records1 019

Data sources9

Biological traits29

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources9 archives

Databases and archives Ardeotis arabs's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation13 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility1 019 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗

NCBIUS National Library of Medicinegenome & karyotype↗

Paleobiology DatabasePBDB consortiumfossil record↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

IOC World Bird ListIOCbird checklist↗

On this page4 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources29 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF1 019 records

Genome at a glanceGoaT · NCBI≈1.3 Gbp

01Narrative

Ardeotis arabs - MHNT The Arabian bustard (Ardeotis arabs) is a species of bustard which is found across the Sahel region of Africa and south western Arabia. It is part of the large-bodied genus, Ardeotis, and, though little known, appears to be a fairly typical species in that group.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesAmnioteDBEltonTraitsAVONET

Size & morphology13

Beak depth14.3 mm

Beak length (culmen)87.4 mm

Beak length (nares)49.1 mm

Beak width16.6 mm

Body mass5 338 g

⚠ sources differ — AmnioteDB: 5 338 g · AVONET: 5 943 g · EltonTraits: 5 943 g

Body mass (female)4 500 g

Body mass (male)8 350 g

Hand-wing index46

Kipp's distance246 mm

Secondary length294 mm

Tail length276 mm

Tarsus length163 mm

Wing length540 mm

Life cycle & reproduction3

Egg mass115 g

Litter size2

Litters per year1 /year

Diet & foraging9

Fruit20 %

Ground80 %

Invertebrate30 %

Plant other10 %

Seed20 %

Trophic levelomnivore

Trophic nicheOmnivore

Understory20 %

Vertebrate unknown20 %

Habitat & environment4

HabitatGrassland

Migration1.0

Primary lifestyleTerrestrial

Range size2 950 368 km²

05DNA & barcodingmolecular

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Ardeotis arabs has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

06Genome at a glanceGoaT · NCBI

The complete instruction manual Ardeotis arabs carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.

Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is

Genome size≈1 297 600 582 bp assembly estimate

Measured in base pairs (bp) — the individual letters of DNA (human ≈ 3.2 Gb, a bacterium a few million). The chart places this genome on a logarithmic scale — each step to the right is ten times bigger — among reference organisms. Across species a bigger genome loosely tracks with larger cells, slower growth and lower-energy lifestyles (powered flight favours small genomes) — yet it does not imply more genes or a more advanced organism (the long-standing C-value paradox).

BACTERIUM Carsonella ruddii0.00016 Gb

FUNGUS0.04 Gb

INSECT0.25 Gb

THIS GENOME Ardeotis arabs1.3 Gb

HUMAN3.2 Gb

WHEAT17 Gb

FERN Tmesipteris160.45 Gb

Sequencing statusassembly quality — how far to trust these numbers

Assembly level tells you how finished the sequence is — from fragmented contigs, through scaffolds, up to a full chromosome-level assembly. BUSCO % estimates completeness: the share of genes expected to be present that were actually found. These describe the data quality, not the organism.

Assembly levelScaffold

Completeness83.8% BUSCO

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type1 019 records

Wild obs. + sensor1 018

Museum / vouchered1

Origin

Native10

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO1 064 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy71% within 1 km

≤100 m 136≤1 km 15>10 km 61

212 georeferenced · 806 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor1 018

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy

no georeferenced coordinates · 1 records without

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence1

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions1 of 1 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Bonn, DE	1

1 institutions · 1 of 1 vouchered records shown

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Ardeotis arabs

At a glance

Sources9 archives

Size & morphology13

Life cycle & reproduction3

Diet & foraging9

Habitat & environment4

At a glance

Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is

Sequencing statusassembly quality — how far to trust these numbers

Record type1 019 records

Origin

Range

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions1 of 1 geolocated

Record type1 019 records