Prakruti Parichay
StrigidaeOtusVagrant

Great Bustard

Otus tarda

75–105 cmVery Large
Beak
—
Feet
—
Crest
No crest

Pakistan. Very large, stocky bustard. in all plumages has greyish head and upper neck, cinnamon lower neck, cinnamon upper parts with bold, black barring, and white underparts. Patterning of white on wing diffe rsfrom that of other bustards (secondaries are black, and white is most prominent on the greater coverts). Male is larger than female, with thicker neck and with more extensive white on wing (tertials and wing - coverts show more white). Grassland, steppe and crops.

Colour

WhiteBlackGrey
Average size
90 cm
Habitat
Grassland, steppe and crops.
Behaviour
Pakistan.

About this bird

Pakistan. Very large, stocky bustard. in all plumages has greyish head and upper neck, cinnamon lower neck, cinnamon upper parts with bold, black barring, and white underparts. Patterning of white on wing diffe rsfrom that of other bustards (secondaries are black, and white is most prominent on the greater coverts). Male is larger than female, with thicker neck and with more extensive white on wing (tertials and wing - coverts show more white). Grassland, steppe and crops.

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Great Bustard is bigger than Cheer Pheasant but smaller than Darter.

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Great Bustard

Otus tarda

75–105 cm