great bustard
otis tarda latin

Especially the mating season of the great bustard is something really special.

The last great bustard disappeared from Britain early in the nineteenth century.

Great bustards are quite possibly the heaviest flying birds in the world.

We shall probably never again be able to witness in the Break the spectacular 'balloon' display of the great bustard.

The Great Bustard is classified as Vulnerable at the species level.

Five magnificent male great bustards paced the ridge.

The Great Bustard has a stately slow walk but tends to run when disturbed rather than fly.

The supporters were great bustards, a bird extinct in England, whose last habitat was said to have been in the county.

Great bustards do very well here."

The Great Bustard has long legs, a long neck and a heavy, barrel-chested body.

Martin, I had heard, might be able to get me within sight of that giant elusive bird of the open grasslands, the great bustard.

Thus, the Great Bustard is essentially unmistakable.

The Great Bustard breeds in March, and a single male may mate with up to five females.

There are many Great Bustard too.

The Great Bustard and the Western marsh orchid are native to the lowlands.

The plains north of the town are home to one of the few Great Bustard populations in Germany.

A short time later, a squawk and a whir of wings preceded the sudden appearance of a great bustard taking to the air.

Like other bustards, the male Great Bustard displays and competes for the attention of females on what is known as a lek.

After the study of zoology, botany, chemistry and anthropology, his main focus was research of the Great Bustard.

The name of the city comes from a local type of bird, called dropie (English: Great Bustard).

Interestingly, the Great Bustard was protected under this act, with its open season decided as 1 September - 1 March.

Young Great Bustards begin developing their adult plumage at about 2 months, and begin to develop flying skills at the same time.

In Hungary, where the species is the National Bird, Great Bustards are actively protected.

Great bustard to Salisbury Plain - (ongoing)

The reserve at Dévaványa is a refuge for the great bustard, the ostrich of the Hungarian puszta.

An image of the Great Bustard (Otis tarda) stands at the centre of the flag.

La Great Bustard (Otis tarda) frequents the plains cleared for dryland farming.

On the Habits and Structure of the Great Bustard (Otis tarda of Linnaeus).

The MoU only covers the middle-European populations of the Great Bustard (Otis tarda).

The Great Bustard (Otis tarda) is in the bustard family, the only member of the genus Otis.

GREAT BUSTARD Otis tarda.

Large males of the Kori Bustard (Ardeotis kori) and Great Bustard (Otis tarda) are perfectly capable of flight, while weighing in excess of 20 kg.

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.