Subspecies
Five subspecies are recognized:
- E. s. senegalensis (Vieillot, 1820) – southwestern Mauritania and Guinea, east to Central African Republic, central Sudan, and perhaps Eritrea (Senegal Bustard)
- E. s. canicollis (Reichenow, 1881) – Ethiopia south to northeastern Tanzania
- E. s. erlangeri (Reichenow, 1905) – southern Kenya and western Tanzania
- E. s. mackenziei C.M.N. White, 1945 – eastern Gabon and central Democratic Republic of the Congo to Zambia, Angola and northern Namibia
- E. s. barrowii (J.E. Gray, 1829, sometimes considered a distinct species) – Botswana, South Africa, Swaziland and Lesotho (Barrow's Korhaan)
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