π¦Great Indian Bustard
The great Indian bustard or Indian bustard is a bustard occurring on the Indian subcontinent. It is a large bird with a horizontal body, long bare legs and is among the heaviest of the flying birds. Once common on the dry grasslands and shrubland in India, as few as 150 individuals were estimated to survive as of 2018, reduced from an estimated 250 individuals in 2011. It is critically endangered due to hunting and habitat loss. It is protected under the Indian Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2018.
- Body mass
- 7.24 kg
- Body length
- not recorded
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- not recorded
Everything we know about the Great Indian Bustard
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass7.24 kgAVONETDetails βHide β
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Tail length0.26 mAVONETDetails βHide β
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Wing length0.62 mAVONETDetails βHide β
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Beak length0.09 mAVONETDetails βHide β
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Tarsus length0.18 mAVONETDetails βHide β
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Trophic levelOmnivoreAVONETDetails βHide β
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HabitatGrasslandAVONETDetails βHide β
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LifestyleTerrestrialAVONETDetails βHide β
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Volume l7.2 LaverageDetails βHide β
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Great Indian Bustard yet: body length, shoulder height, top speed, bite force, maximum lifespan.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- βΊphylumChordata
- βΊclassAves
- βΊorderOtidiformes
- βΊfamilyOtididae
- βΊgenusArdeotis
- βΊspeciesArdeotis nigriceps
- superclassTetrapoda
- orderSauria
- classBirds Β· Aves
- familyOtididae
All 10 branches βFewer branches β
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- orderSauria
- classBirds Β· Aves
- familyOtididae
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