VulnerableHoubara Bustard
Chlamydotis undulata
39 countries6 parks
Species group · Birds
WAnimals has 3 species of bustard, in the family Otididae.
Ranges calculated from the profiles that record the figure, not from all 3.
Each one has its own full profile. This group does not replace them: it brings them together.
1 species in this group is in a threatened category according to the IUCN.
Recorded in 87 countries. The ones with the most species in the group:
The Canarian houbara is the largest bird native to the archipelago and, at the same time, the smallest of the three subspecies in the world.
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It is the animal symbol of Fuerteventura, alongside the Jandía cardón as the plant symbol.
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Archaeological remains indicate it has been in the Canaries for between 130,000 and 170,000 years, but the genetics point to a second colonisation some 20,000-25,000 years ago, after which it became isolated.
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It is one of the heaviest flying birds in the world, and males perform a courtship display in which they all but turn their plumage inside out over their own bodies.
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It is one of the heaviest flying birds in Africa, and the males court by inflating the neck and raising the plumage to look larger.
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It is one of the heaviest birds in the world still able to fly: a large male exceeds 18 kilos, at the limit of what the physics of flapping flight allows.
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It associates with carmine bee-eaters, which perch on it to catch the insects it flushes as it walks, and it also follows meerkat groups and savannah fires to catch the insects fleeing them.
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