Northern cardinals, blue jays, American robins, and house sparrows are common birds in North American cities. These small, ...

The great bustard, Otis tarda, is also a big bird. Adult males peak at about 18 kilogrammes. Like kori bustards, great bustards are strong fliers and will fly away from danger – though repeated escape ...

In the wild, the great bustard (Otis tarda) is pretty hard to miss.Some can weigh as much as 30 pounds and its feathers are uniquely colored. They are the heaviest birds living today that can fly ...

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The bustard has made it to the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List and was moved from endangered to ... India has taken up Project Cheetah to bring back the big cat, ...

The great Indian bustard is critically endangered, but the Indian government has found a clever way of breeding the species in captivity. Arambh, a five-day-old Great Indian Bustard hatchling, was ...

A great Indian bustard chick was recently conceived through artificial insemination in India's Rajasthan Last month brought good news for the great Indian bustard, a critically endangered bird ...

As a result it is expected to relax restrictions across roughly 80,000 sq km of “potential” bustard area. It is also considering what to do about a smaller “priority” habitat.

Critics argue they are too big and favour large farms, ... "The bustard is a species on life support," Ouvrard added. "It lost 94 percent of its numbers between 1978 and 2000.