Houbara bustard
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This article is about the North African species. For the Asian houbara that was considered a subspecies, see MacQueen's bustard.
The houbara bustard (Chlamydotis undulata), also known as African houbara (houbara from Arabic: حُبَارَى, romanized: ḥubārā for bustards in general), is a relatively small bustard native to North Africa, where it lives in arid habitats. The global population is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List since 2014.[1] There is a population in the Canary Islands which has been assessed as Near Threatened in 2015.[2]
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Houbara bustard | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Otidiformes |
Family: | Otididae |
Genus: | Chlamydotis |
Species: | C. undulata |
Binomial name | |
Chlamydotis undulata (Jacquin, 1784) | |
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Range of Ch. undulata Extant (resident) Possibly extant (resident) Possibly extinct |
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It is dull brown with black markings on the wings, a greyish neck and a black ruff along the side of the neck. Males are larger and heavier than females.