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 Enlarge map
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APAREAMIENTO DOBLE DE LA AVUTARDA. DOUBLE MATING BUSTARD Locality Madrid, Spain
Luis Miguel Ruiz Gordón 27 weeks ago 55 sec 4.9 -
A moustached male walking. Slightly slow-motioned. Locality Calera y Chozas, Toledo, Castile-La Mancha, Spain
Juan Sanabria 1 May 2013 2 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 34 sec 4.7 -
A male displaying around a female Locality Campillo de Dueñas, Guadalajara, Castile-La Mancha, Spain (ssp tarda)
Miguel Ángel Bielsa 27 April 2006 6 years ago 46 sec 4.6 -
A male performing the courtship display. Locality Valdetorres, Madrid, Spain (ssp tarda)
Javier Ortas 30 April 2007 5 years ago 30 sec 4.5 -
Some birds feeding on the ground. Locality Villafáfila, Zamora, Castile and Leon, Spain
Javier Ortas 28 June 2009 3 years ago 30 sec 4.4 -
Male in display Locality Calera y Chozas, Toledo, Castile-La Mancha, Spain
Juan Sanabria 1 May 2013 10 hours ago ADDED TODAY! 34 sec 4.3
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Male and female make (la rueda)
Locality La Serena, Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain
Jesús Giraldo Gutiérrez d... 26 March 2011 39 weeks ago 4.5 -
A female
Locality Valladolid, Castile and Leon, Spain (ssp tarda)
CarlosNaza 19 October 2010 2 years ago 4.5 -
Male makes "la rueda"
Locality La Serena, Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain
Jesús Giraldo Gutiérrez d... 39 weeks ago 4.3 -
MACHO DE AVUTARDA VIGILA SU TERRITORIO. MALE BUSTARD GUARDS HIS TERRITORY.
Locality Pinto, Madrid, Spain
Luis Miguel Ruiz Gordón 1 April 1990 27 weeks ago 4.2 -
A male performing the courtship display.
Locality Hampshire, England, Great Britain (ssp tarda)
Tomasz Doroń 31 May 2009 3 years ago 4 -
Flying adult male Great Bustard
Locality Burgenland State, Austria
Fabienne Muriset 29 April 2010 3 years ago 3.8
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