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Chlamydotis undulata

Photo by steenl
Location: Fuerteventura, Canary Islands

[edit] Identification

60 cm long with an 140 cm wingspan. Brown above and white below, with a black stripe down the sides of its neck. In flight, the long wings show large areas of black and brown on the flight feathers. It is slightly smaller and darker than Macqueen's Bustard.

Sexes are similar, but the female is smaller and greyer above. It is vocally almost silent.

[edit] Distribution

Canary Islands and northern Africa.

[edit] Taxonomy

Macqueen's Bustard (C. macqueenii) is now split from Houbara Bustard.

[edit] Subspecies¹

• C. u. fuertaventurae - E Canary Islands (Fuerteventura and Lanzarote)
• C. u. undulata - North Africa (Morocco to western Nile Valley)

[edit] Habitat

Arid plains and steppes; deserts and other very arid sandy areas.

[edit] Behaviour

2-4 eggs are laid on the ground.

Diet includes seeds, insects and other small creatures.

[edit] References

1. Clements James F. 2007. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to October 2008. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. ISBN 9780801445019

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