Great Bustard

Otis tarda - Outarde barbue Grande Outarde

Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Otidiformes

  • Family
    :

    Otididés

  • Genus
    :

    Otis

  • Species
    :

    tarda

Descriptor

Linnaeus, 1758

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 75 à 105 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 190 à 260 cm.
  • Weight
    : 3500 à 4100 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Outarde barbue
♂ adult plum. breeding
Outarde barbue
♀ adult plum. breeding

Great Bustard (Otis tarda) is a species of bird in the Otididae family.

Subspecific information 2 subspecies

  • Otis tarda tarda (sw and c Europe and nw Africa to sw Siberia and c Mongolia)
  • Otis tarda dybowskii (Mongolia to e Siberia and ne China)

Foreign names

  • Outarde barbue,
  • Avutarda euroasiática,
  • abetarda-grande,
  • Großtrappe,
  • túzok,
  • Grote Trap,
  • Otarda,
  • stortrapp,
  • Stortrappe,
  • drop veľký,
  • drop velký,
  • Stortrappe,
  • isotrappi,
  • pioc salvatge eurasiàtic,
  • Trölldoðra,
  • drop (zwyczajny),
  • lielā sīga,
  • velika droplja,
  • Дрофа,
  • ノガン,
  • 大鸨,
  • 大鴇,

Voice song and cries

Outarde barbue
♀ adult plum. breeding

Habitat

Outarde barbue
adult plum. breeding

Grassland : Temperate ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Pastureland

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

QRcode Outarde barbue
published: - Updated: 21-01-2005
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