Bustards

African Houbara

Chlamydotis undulata

The African Houbara (Chlamydotis undulata) is a 1.5 kg desert bird that eats a bit of everything. It stays put all year.

Family

Bustards

Order

Otidiformes

Weight

1.5 kg

Habitat

Desert

Diet

Omnivore

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

8

Recorded in Spain, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, EH, Israel, United Arab Emirates, Egypt.

Photo: (c) Christoph Moning, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist