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Tetrax tetrax
Photo by Steve G

Identification

45 cm long with a 90 cm wingspan. Brown above and white below, with a grey head and a black neck bordered above and below by white. Female is marked darker below than the male. Immature bustards resemble females.

Distribution

Europe and Asia.

Taxonomy

Habitat

Open grassland.

Behaviour

Diet includes seeds, insects and other small creatures.

No nest is made; females lay 3 to 5 eggs on the ground.

Bird Song

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