Little Bustard

• GeneralThe males give a dry snort and leap straight up to display; the species is in steep decline.
• Spain holds around half the world population, and its decline here determines the species' global future: it is probably the European steppe bird in the worst state.
• The male performs an explosive display in which he leaps vertically from the grass with a dry snort, visible at a great distance across the plain, and repeats the jump every few minutes for hours.
• Its primary feathers produce a characteristic whistling in flight that allows it to be identified without being seen.

Skeleton type

Vertebrate - internal bony skeleton (bird)

Habitat and environment

Cereal steppe, fallow land, grassland and extensive farmland plains

Sexual maturity

2 years

Gestation / incubation

22 days of incubation

Litter / clutch size

3 eggs

Sources consulted: Wikipedia (es): Tetrax tetrax

The pins mark the parks where its presence is documented.