: any of a family (Otididae) of large chiefly terrestrial Old World and Australian game birds
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Scientist protecting the population of great bustards, Zhou established a conservation area to protect the great bustard based on its migration and residence conditions.
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Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 17 Sep. 2024
Kori bustards are the largest flying birds, according to the United Kingdom's Natural History Museum.
—Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 20 June 2024
These reptiles were bigger than bustards, bigger than albatrosses, and in 1975 paleontologist Douglas Lawson described what may be the largest flying animal of all time—Quetzalcoatlus, a pterosaur that stood as tall as a giraffe on the ground and had a wingspan 36 feet across.
—Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Sep. 2023
As any worthwhile polygamous male bustard should!Males of a strongly polygynous species consume more poisonous food than females.
—Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 3 Nov. 2014
The duo worked with the Houbara bustard, a large bird that has been hunted extensively because its meat is prized as an aphrodisiac.
—Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 8 June 2010
This plausibly explains the intense cloaca display males perform to approaching females, and the meticulous inspection females conduct of the male's cloaca, a behaviour only observed in this and another similar species of the bustard family.
—Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 3 Nov. 2014
The great bustard is a beloved but endangered bird found in Spain and other locations scattered across Eurasia.
—Sarah Stanley, Discover Magazine, 10 Feb. 2011
The researchers collected flowering plants of these two species growing at one of the largest great bustard breeding grounds in central Spain, near Valdetorres del Jarama.
—Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Nov. 2022
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Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 17 Sep. 2024
Kori bustards are the largest flying birds, according to the United Kingdom's Natural History Museum.
—Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 20 June 2024
These reptiles were bigger than bustards, bigger than albatrosses, and in 1975 paleontologist Douglas Lawson described what may be the largest flying animal of all time—Quetzalcoatlus, a pterosaur that stood as tall as a giraffe on the ground and had a wingspan 36 feet across.
—Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Sep. 2023
As any worthwhile polygamous male bustard should!Males of a strongly polygynous species consume more poisonous food than females.
—Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 3 Nov. 2014
The duo worked with the Houbara bustard, a large bird that has been hunted extensively because its meat is prized as an aphrodisiac.
—Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 8 June 2010
This plausibly explains the intense cloaca display males perform to approaching females, and the meticulous inspection females conduct of the male's cloaca, a behaviour only observed in this and another similar species of the bustard family.
—Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 3 Nov. 2014
The great bustard is a beloved but endangered bird found in Spain and other locations scattered across Eurasia.
—Sarah Stanley, Discover Magazine, 10 Feb. 2011
The researchers collected flowering plants of these two species growing at one of the largest great bustard breeding grounds in central Spain, near Valdetorres del Jarama.
—Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Nov. 2022
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“Bustard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bustard. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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