Archive for the ‘Bustards’ Category

• Black-bellied bustard

  Feb 5 | Bustards, Bustards+ | Little Stint | 410 Views | with Comments Off on Black-bellied bustard

  Black-bellied bustard – Lissotis melanogaster – is a medium sized resident African bustard of Type – landfowl, Family Otididae and Order Otidiformes. It is widespread over s s Africa, and in the AWB Region it is...

• Denham’s bustard

  Feb 5 | Bustards, Bustards+ | Little Stint | 435 Views | with Comments Off on Denham’s bustard

  Denham’s bustard – Neotis denhami – is a large resident African bustard of Type – landfowl, Family Otididae and Order Otidiformes. It is widely found over s s Africa, un the AWB Region it is found as...

• Nubian bustard

  Feb 5 | Bustards, Bustards+ | Little Stint | 419 Views | with Comments Off on Nubian bustard

  Nubian bustard – Neotis nuba – is a medium/large resident African bustard, of Type – landfowl, Family Otididae and Order Otidiformes. It is native to the Northern edge of the Sahel Belt stretching from coast to...

• White-bellied bustard

  Feb 5 | Bustards, Bustards+ | Little Stint | 430 Views | with Comments Off on White-bellied bustard

  White-bellied bustard – Eupodotis senegalensis – is a resident African bustard of Type – landfowl, Family Otididae and Order Otidiformes. It is widely found over s s Africa and in the AWB Region it is found as...

• Savile’s bustard

  Feb 3 | Bustards, Bustards+ | Little Stint | 553 Views | with Comments Off on Savile’s bustard

  Savile’s bustard – Lophotis savilei – is found as a resident African bustard of Type – landfowl, Family Otididae and Order Otidiformes. It is distributed discontinuously across the Sahel Belt and in the...

• Great bustard

  Aug 7 | Bustards, Bustards+ | Little Stint | 1101 Views | with Comments Off on Great bustard

  The Great bustard – Otis tarda is a very large ground bird of Type – landfowl, Family Otididae and Order Otidiformes. It is a resident bird of Europe and migratory in Central Asia. In the AWB Region it has a complex...

• Arabian bustard

  Aug 7 | Bustards, Bustards+ | Little Stint | 1070 Views | with Comments Off on Arabian bustard

  The Arabian bustard – Ardeotis arabs is a large sedentary ground bird of Type – landfowl, Family Otididae and Order Otidiformes. It is found across the Sahel Corridor and into SW Arabia. All these areas are within the...

• Houbara bustard

  Aug 6 | Bustards, Bustards+ | Little Stint | 1087 Views | with Comments Off on Houbara bustard

  The Houbara bustard – Chlamydotis undulata or African houbara is a medium/large sized ground bird species of Type – landfowl, Family Otididae and Order Otidiformes. It is sedentary and native to N Africa. In the AWB...

• Macqueen’s bustard

  Jul 10 | Bustards, Bustards+ | Little Stint | 2010 Views | with No Comments

  The Macqueen’s bustard – Chlamydotis macqueenii is a large ground bird species of Type – landfowl the family Otididae. and the Order Otidiformes. It is resident from Sinai, The Levant, E Syria, Iraq, to Iran and...

• Little bustard

  Jul 10 | Bustards, Bustards+ | Little Stint | 1974 Views | with No Comments

  The Little bustard – Tetrax tetrax is a medium sized ground bird species of the family Otididae. It is widely distributed across S Europe and from Turkey into SW and Central Asia. In the AWB Region it is resident...