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The great bustard (Otis tarda) is a bird in the bustard family, and the only living member of the genus Otis. [2] It breeds in open grasslands and farmland from northern Morocco , South and Central Europe to temperate Central and East Asia .
Bustards are all fairly large with the two largest species, the kori bustard (Ardeotis kori) and the great bustard (Otis tarda), being frequently cited as the world's heaviest flying birds. In both the largest species, large males exceed a weight of 20 kg (44 lb), weigh around 13.5 kg (30 lb) on average and can attain a total length of 150 cm ...
Kori bustard Bustards are birds in the family Otididae in the monotypic order Otidiformes. There are currently 26 extant species of bustards recognised by the International Ornithologists' Union. Many species of fossil bustards are known from the Miocene onwards; however, their exact number and taxonomy are unsettled due to ongoing discoveries. Conventions IUCN Red List categories Conservation ...
The great Indian bustard (Ardeotis nigriceps) or Indian bustard is a bustard occurring on the Indian subcontinent.It is a large bird with a horizontal body and long bare legs, and is among the heaviest of the flying birds.
The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the Conservation and Management of Middle-European Populations of the Great Bustard is a multilateral environmental memorandum of understanding and was concluded in 2000 under the auspices of the Convention on Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS), also known as the Bonn Convention, and came into effect on 1 June 2001.
Great Indian Bustard Sanctuary (established in 1979, also known as the Jawaharlal Nehru Bustard Sanctuary of Maharashtra) is a wildlife sanctuary for the great Indian bustard (Ardeotis nigriceps) at Solapur, Maharashtra, India. The land is drought-prone and semi-arid. [2] It is in the Deccan thorn scrub forests ecoregion. [3]
A kori bustard is tall enough to feed from shrubs and small trees from the ground. The male kori bustard has a length of 105 to 135 cm (3 ft 5 in to 4 ft 5 in) [13] [14] and a wingspan of 230 to 275 cm (7 ft 7 in to 9 ft 0 in). [15] Male birds may typically weigh between 7 and 18 kg (15 and 40 lb).
Kutch Bustard Sanctuary or Kachchh Great Indian Bustard Sanctuary, [1] [2] also known as Lala–Parjan Sanctuary, [3] is located near Jakhau village in Taluka Abdasa, Gujarat, India. This sanctuary is one of the two great Indian bustard sanctuaries in Gujarat; the other one is in Jamnagar .