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AUSTRALIAN BUSTARD Ardeotis australis🐦

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SpeciesOtidiformesOtididae
Birds

🐦Australian Bustard

Ardeotis australis (J.E.Gray, 1829)

Австралийская большая дрофа (лат. Ardeotis australis) — вид птиц семейства дрофиных. Подвидов не выделяют. Длинная шея светло-серая спереди, а коричневое оперение покрывает крылья и верхнюю часть тела. Крылья имеют пятнистую окраску с черно-белым рисунком, который виден во время отдыха или особенно в полете. Клюв от беловатого до коричневого цвета. Ноги длинные и от желтого до кремового цвета. Эти птицы ведут кочевой образ жизни, перемещаясь в поисках еды в более плодородные районы и с лёгкостью преодолевая большие расстояния. Обитают на обширной территории Австралии и в южной части Новой Гвинеи. Питаются семенами и сочными плодами растений, насекомыми, моллюсками, ящерицами, птенцами и мелкими грызунами.

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Conservation status
LCLeast concern

IUCN Red List assessment, 2024.

Population trendDecreasing
Key measurements
Body mass
4.18 kg
Body length
not recorded
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
not recorded
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Everything we know about the Australian Bustard

Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.

Body mass
4.18 kg
AVONET
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

By sex

  • Female2.93 kgWikidataQ764510
  • Male5.97 kgWikidataQ764510
Tail length
0.3 m
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Wing length
0.59 m
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Beak length
0.08 m
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Tarsus length
0.18 m
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Trophic level
Omnivore
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Habitat
Grassland
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Lifestyle
Terrestrial
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Volume l
4.2 Laverage
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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 Australian Bustard yet: body length, shoulder height, top speed, bite force, maximum lifespan.

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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classAves
  4. ›orderOtidiformes
  5. ›familyOtididae
  6. ›genusArdeotis
  7. ›speciesArdeotis australis
Full lineage
  1. superclassTetrapoda
  2. orderSauria
  3. classBirds · Aves
  4. familyOtididae
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassSarcopterygii
  7. superclassTetrapoda
  8. orderSauria
  9. classBirds · Aves
  10. familyOtididae
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In other languages
pioc salvatge australià (ca), drop australský (cs), Australsk trappe (da), Ardeotis australis (de), Ardeotis australis (es), australiantrappi (fi) … and 23 more languages
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