Name

Otis tarda

Great bustard

Framing

Phylum: Chordata

Subphylum: Vertebrata

Class: Aves

Order: Otidiformes

Family: Otididae

Genus: Otis

Species: tarda

Habitat

Terrestrial. Natural and cereal steppes, agricultural ecosystems.

Feeding

Free-living. Frequently in flocks, usually with spatial segregation of the sexes. Omnivorous: eats stems and seeds and insects.

Distribution

Europe and Asia

Conservation status

In Spain it is considered vulnerable to extinction.

Additional information

Large brown bird, with largely white wings and black tips, males much larger than females and with white "whiskers".