Bustards

Great Bustard

Otis tarda

The Great Bustard (Otis tarda) is a 6.8 kg grassland bird that eats a bit of everything. Some populations migrate.

Family

Bustards

Order

Otidiformes

Weight

6.8 kg

Habitat

Grassland

Diet

Omnivore

Migration

Partial migrant

Countries recorded

17

Recorded in Spain, Portugal, Germany, Netherlands, Hungary, Austria, Ukraine, China, United Kingdom, Belgium, Turkey, Slovakia, France, Russia, Kazakhstan, Czechia, Iran.

Where to see it: El Oso · Laguna y entorno (Spain); Árasztás-Apaj (Hungary); 马场 (Ma Chang) (China); Old Lakes of Hortobágy fishponds · Hortobágyi-halastó (Hungary); Zicksee (Austria).

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