Bustards (Otididae)
Great Bustard (Otis tarda) - HBW 3, p. 263
French: Grande Outarde
German: Großtrappe
Spanish: Avutarda Euroasiática
Taxonomy: Otis Tarda Linnaeus, 1758, Poland.
Genus has frequently been merged with Tetrax, and sometimes also Ardeotis and Neotis, but nowadays species normally considered sufficiently distinct to merit generic isolation from these forms (see page 240). Birds of C Asia formerly awarded separate race korejewi, but extensive overlap with nominate tarda. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- tarda Linnaeus, 1758 - N Morocco and Iberia, Germany and Hungary, and S Ukraine; remnant populations elsewhere in E Europe. Also breeds in Turkey and W Iran, and from SW Russia through Kazakhstan to Kyrgyzstan, wintering from S Turkey and Syria through S Azerbaijan and N Iran to Uzbekistan and Tadjikistan.
- dybowskii Taczanowski, 1874 - SE Russia, Mongolia and NE China.
- Vulnerable
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A male performing the courtship display. Valdetorres, Madrid, Spain (ssp tarda)
Javier Ortas 30 April 2007 2 years ago 30 sec 4.2 -
A group of birds on the ground, one of them stretching the wings and then all of them flying away. Monegros, Aragón, Spain (ssp tarda)
Jesús Laborda 7 December 2008 1 year ago 16 sec 4.2 -
A male displaying around a female Campillo de Dueñas, Gallocanta lagoon, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain (ssp tarda)
Miguel Ángel Biels... 27 April 2006 3 years ago 46 sec 4.2 -
Some birds feeding on the ground. Villafáfila, Zamora, Castile and Leon, Spain
Javier Ortas 28 June 2009 1 year ago 30 sec 4 -
A bird on the ground. Villafáfila, Zamora, Castile and Leon, Spain
Javier Ortas 28 June 2009 1 year ago 31 sec 4 -
A group of birds walking on a cereal field Villafáfila, Zamora, Castile and Leon, Spain (ssp tarda)
Alex García 31 December 2007 2 years ago 40 sec 3.9
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A male performing the courtship display. Hampshire, England, UK (ssp tarda)
Tomasz Doroń 31 May 2009 39 weeks ago 4 -
Flying adult male Great Bustard Burgenland State, Austria
Fabienne Muriset 29 April 2010 16 weeks ago 3.3 -
Male preening beside female Belén, Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain
Brendan Marnell 20 April 2009 8 weeks ago 3.3 -
Adult male walking between two displays Trujillo, Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain
Nicole Bouglouan 19 April 2007 28 weeks ago 3 -
A small group of males foraging in the plains Trujillo, Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain
Nicole Bouglouan 19 March 2009 28 weeks ago 3 -
Otis tarda Algete, Madrid, Spain
Conrado Requena Az... 9 August 2009 35 weeks ago 3
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