Bustards (Otididae) - HBW 3
Little Bustard (Tetrax tetrax)
French: Outarde canepetière
German: Zwergtrappe
Spanish: Sisón Común
Taxonomy: Otis Tetrax Linnaeus, 1758, France.
In past, frequently placed in genus Otis, and considered to be closely related to O. tarda mainly on grounds of similar bill shape and extensive sympatry; nowadays almost universally awarded separate monotypic genus; may be more closely related to Sypheotides (see page 240). Eastern birds have been awarded separate race orientalis, on grounds of larger size and greyer, more heavily marked upperparts; but much individual variation and considerable overlap between populations, so not nowadays accepted. Monotypic.
Distribution: Morocco and Iberia to France, Sardinia and SE Italy; Ukraine and SW Russia through Kazakhstan to Kirgizia and extreme NW China; extreme N Iran. Winters from Mediterranean zone through Turkey and Caucasus to Iran, and erratically elsewhere in S Asia.
- Near Threatened
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Male calling during display. Bellcaire, Lleida Province, Catalonia, Spain (Monotypic species)
Jordi Bas i Casas 31 March 2001 7 years ago 32 sec 4.7 -
Male calling during display. Bellcaire, Lleida Province, Catalonia, Spain (Monotypic species)
Jordi Bas i Casas 31 March 2001 7 years ago 27 sec 4.6 -
A group of birds foraging on the ground Fuente el Saz de Jarama, Madrid, Spain (Monotypic species)
Javier Ortas 20 January 2006 2 years ago 30 sec 4.4 -
A male preening and a female walking on the background Fuente el Saz de Jarama, Madrid, Spain (Monotypic species)
Javier Ortas 20 January 2006 2 years ago 31 sec 4.2 -
A male flying La Serena, Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain
Juan Sanabria 1 April 2008 50 weeks ago 27 sec 3 -
A numerous group on the ground Toledo, Castile-La Mancha, Spain
Juan Sanabria 27 December 2009 11 weeks ago 38 sec 2.8
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A male bird. Navarre, Spain (Monotypic species)
Dc.Owl 1 May 2008 1 year ago 1
- No sound recordings available yet
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