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What (who) is bustard - definition

FAMILY OF BIRDS
Bustards; Otididae; Korhaan; Korhaans; Floricans; Otidiformes
  • Flying bustards – Apajpuszta, Hungary

Bustard         
·noun A bird of the genus Otis.
bustard         
['b?st?d]
¦ noun a large, heavily built, swift-running bird of open country. [Family Otididae: several species.]
Origin
C15: perh. an Anglo-Norman Fr. blend of OFr. bistarde and oustarde, both from L. avis tarda 'slow bird'.
Buff-crested bustard         
SPECIES OF BIRD
Eupodotis gindiana; Lophotis gindiana; Buff-crested Bustard
The buff-crested bustard (Lophotis gindiana) is a medium-sized bird of East Africa belonging to the family Otididae. The populations are stable and the species is of least concern.

Wikipedia

Bustard

Bustards, including floricans and korhaans, are large, terrestrial birds living mainly in dry grassland areas and on the steppes of the Old World. They range in length from 40 to 150 cm (16 to 59 in). They make up the family Otididae (, formerly known as Otidae).

Bustards are omnivorous and opportunistic, eating leaves, buds, seeds, fruit, small vertebrates, and invertebrates. There are 26 species currently recognised.

Examples of use of bustard
1. In come the hoopoe, short–toed eagle and little bustard.
2. The female great bustard with her eggs on Salisbury Plain.
3. Houbara bustard is its favorite food.» There are 52 species among falcons and Zubair’s studies focused on five of them.
4. Among migratory birds, houbara bustard should be hunted only with the help of falcons in the traditional manner.
5. Snake expert Dr Robert Bustard, a former president of the British Herpetological Society, said his colleague and the policeman probably saved his life.