Bustards
Kori Bustard
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Gruiformes Family: Otididae Rafinesque, 1815
Genera
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Bustards are large terrestrial birds mainly associated with dry open country and steppes in the Old World. They make up the family Otididae (formerly known as Otidae). Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wiktionary (a portmanteau of wiki and dictionary) is a multilingual, Web-based project to create a free content dictionary, available in over 150 languages. ... “Aves” redirects here. ... The Old World consists of those parts of Earth known to Europeans, Asians, and Africans before the voyages of Christopher Columbus; it includes Europe, Asia, and Africa (collectively known as Africa-Eurasia), plus surrounding islands. ... In biological classification, family (Latin: familia, plural familiae) is 1) a rank or 2) a taxon in that rank. ...

Bustards are omnivorous and nest on the ground. They walk steadily on strong legs and big toes, pecking for food as they go. They have long broad wings with "fingered" wingtips, and striking patterns in flight. Many have interesting mating displays.

Bustards are gregarious outside the breeding season, but are very wary and difficult to approach in the open habitats they prefer.^[1] Most species are declining or endangered through habitat loss and hunting, even where they are nominally protected.^[1]

Some Indian bustards are also called Floricans. The origin of the name is unclear. Jerdon writes in his bird of India (1862) Thomas Claverhill Jerdon (1811 - 1872) was a British physician, zoologist and botanist. ...

I have not been able to trace the origin of the Anglo-Indian word Florikin, but was once informed that the Little Bustard in Europe was sometimes called Flanderkin. Latham gives the word Flercher as an English name, and this, apparently, has the same origin as Florikin.

—Jerdon's Birds, 2nd ed. ii. 625.

The Hobson-Jobson dictionary however casts doubt on this theory stating that Hobson-Jobson is the alternative (and better-known) title of Glossary of Anglo-Indian Colloquial Words and Phrases, a popular collection of Hindustani terms written for a British audience by Henry Yule and Arthur C. Burnell and published in 1886. ...

We doubt if Jerdon has here understood Latham correctly. What Latham writes is, in describing the Passarage Bustard, which, he says, is the size of the Little Bustard: Inhabits India. Called Passarage Plover. … I find that it is known in India by the name of Oorail; by some of the English called Flercher. (Suppt. to Gen. Synopsis of Birds, 1787, 229. Here we understand the English to be the English in India, and Flercher to be a clerical error for some form of floriken.

Two great bustard egg have recently been laid in Britian for the first time since Queen Victoria was a child but they were unfertilized probably owing to the still juvenille male population. The last bustard died out in Britain in about 1832 but is being reintroduced through batches of chicks imported from Russia.^[1] Motto  2(French) God and my right Anthem God Save the Queen 3 United Kingdom() – on the European continent() – in the European Union() Capital London Largest conurbation (population) Greater London Urban Area Official languages English (de facto) Welsh4 Government  -  Monarch HM Queen Elizabeth II  -  Prime Minister Gordon Brown Formation  -  Acts... Victoria Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria) (24 May 1819–22 January 1901) was a Queen of the United Kingdom, reigning from 20 June 1837 until her death. ...

Species in taxonomic order

• Great Bustard, Otis tarda
• Arabian Bustard, Ardeotis arabs
• Kori Bustard, Ardeotis kori, subspecies kori and struthinuclus
• Great Indian Bustard, Ardeotis nigriceps
• Australian Bustard, Ardeotis australis
• Houbara Bustard, Chlamydotis undulata, subspecies undulata and fuertaventurae
• Macqueen's Bustard, Chlamydotis macqueenii^[2]
• Ludwig's Bustard, Neotis ludwigii
• Stanley Bustard, or Denham's Bustard, Neotis denhami
• Heuglin's Bustard, Neotis heuglinii
• Nubian Bustard, Neotis nuba
• White-bellied Bustard, Eupodotis senegalensis
• Blue Bustard, Eupodotis caerulescens
• Karoo Bustard, Eupodotis vigorsii
• Rüppell's Bustard, Eupodotis rueppellii
• Little Brown Bustard, Eupodotis humilis
• Savile's Bustard, Lophotis savilei
• Buff-crested Bustard, Lophotis gindiana
• Red-crested Bustard, Lophotis ruficrista
• Black Bustard, Afrotis afra
• White-quilled Bustard, Afrotis afraoides
• Black-bellied Bustard, Lissotis melanogaster
• Hartlaub's Bustard, Lissotis hartlaubii
• Bengal Florican, Houbaropsis bengalensis
• Lesser Florican, Sypheotides indica
• Little Bustard, Tetrax tetrax

Binomial name Otis tarda Linnaeus, 1758 The Great Bustard, Otis tarda, is a very large bird in the bustard family. ... Binomial name (Linnaeus, 1758) The Arabian Bustard (Ardeotis arabs) is a species of bird in the Otididae family. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Binomial name Ardeotis nigriceps (Vigors, 1831) The Great Indian Bustard (Ardeotis nigriceps) is a bustard found in India and possibly Pakistan. ... Binomial name Ardeotis australis (Gray, 1829) The Australian Bustard, Ardeotis australis, is a large ground bird of grassland, woodland and open agricultural country across northern Australia and southern New Guinea. ... Binomial name (Jacquin, 1784) The houbara bustard, Chlamydotis undulata, is a large bird in the bustard family. ... Binomial name Chlamydotis undulata (Jacquin, 1784) Binomial name Chlamydotis maqueenii (Gray,JE, 1832) The Houbara Bustard, Chlamydotis undulata, is a large bird in the bustard family. ... Binomial name (Rüppell, 1837) The Ludwigs Bustard (Neotis ludwigii) is a species of bird in the Otididae family. ... Binomial name Neotis denhami (Children & Vigors, 1826) The Denhams Bustard, Stanley Bustard or Stanley’s Bustard, Neotis denhami, is a large bird in the bustard family. ... Binomial name (Hartlaub, 1859) Heuglins Bustard Neotis heuglinii is a species of bird in the Otididae family. ... Binomial name (Cretzschmar, 1826) The Nubian Bustard (Neotis nuba) is a species of bird in the Otididae family. ... Binomial name (Vieillot, 1820) The White-bellied Bustard (Eupodotis senegalensis) is a species of bird in the Otididae family. ... Binomial name (Vieillot, 1820) The Blue Bustard, Outarde Plombée, Sisón Azulado, or Sisón Azul (Eupodotis caerulescens) is a species of bird in the Otididae family. ... Binomial name (Smith, 1831) The Karoo Bustard (Eupodotis vigorsii) is a species of bird in the Otididae family. ... Binomial name (Wahlberg, 1856) Synonyms Heterotetrax rueppellii The Rüppells Bustard (Eupodotis rueppellii) is a species of bird in the family Otididae. ... Binomial name (Blyth, 1856) The Little Brown Bustard, Outarde Somalienne, or Sisón Somalí (Eupodotis humilis) is a species of bird in the Otididae family. ... Binomial name (Lynes, 1920) The Saviles Bustard (Eupodotis savilei) is a species of bird in the Otididae family. ... Binomial name Oustalet, 1881 The Buff-crested Bustard (Eupodotis gindiana) is a species of bird in the Otididae family. ... Binomial name (Smith, 1836) The Red-crested Bustard (Eupodotis ruficrista) is a species of bird in the Otididae family. ... Binomial name (Linnaeus, 1766) The Black Bustard (Eupodotis afra) is a species of bird in the Otididae family. ... Binomial name (Smith, 1831) The White-quilled Bustard (Eupodotis afraoides) is a species of bird in the Otididae family. ... Binomial name (Rüppell, 1835) The Black-bellied Bustard (Lissotis melanogaster) is an African ground-dwelling bird in the bustard family. ... Binomial name (Heuglin, 1863) Hartlaubs Bustard (Eupodotis hartlaubii) is a species of bird in the Otididae family. ... Binomial name Houbaropsis bengalensis (Gmelin, 1789) Synonyms Eupodotis bengalensis The Bengal Florican, Houbaropsis bengalensis is a bustard, the only member of the genus Houbaropsis. ... Binomial name Sypheotides indica (Miller, 1782) The Lesser Florican (Sypheotides indica) is a large bird in the bastard family, the only member of the genus Sypheotides. ... This category is in need of attention. ...

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b c} Bota, G., J. Camprodon, S. Mañosa & M.B. Morales (Editores). (2005). Ecology and Conservation of steppe-land birds. Lynx Editions. Barcelona ISBN: 84-87334-99-7; 978-84-87334-99-3.
2. ^ Macqueen's Bustard has recently been split from the Houbara Bustard as a full species.

References

Wikisource has an original article from the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica about:

Bustard

• Sibley, Charles G.; Jon E. Ahlquist (1990). Phylogeny and Classification of the Birds : A Study in Molecular Evolution. New Haven: Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-04085-7. 
• Knox, Alan G.; Martin Collinson, Andreas J. Helbig, David T. Parkin & George Sangster (October 2002). "Taxonomic recommendations for British birds". Ibis 144 (4): 707-710. DOI:10.1046/j.1474-919X.2002.00110.x. 

• Ecology and conservation of Steppe-Land birds by Gerard Bota et al. International Symposium on Ecology and Conservation of Steppe-land birds. Lynx Edicions 2005. 343 pages. ISBN 84-87334-99-7

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External links

• Bustard videos on the Internet Bird Collection

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