Otis tarda (Great Bustard)

Great Bustard

Otis tarda Linnaeus, 1758

The Great Bustard (Otis tarda) is in the bustard family, the only member of the genus Otis. It breeds in southern and central Europe, where it is the largest species of bird, and across temperate Asia. European populations are mainly resident, but Asian birds move further south in winter. Portugal and Spain now contain about 60% of the world's population. Source: Wikipedia

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Order:
  Otidiformes
Family:
  Otididae
Genus:
  Otis

Scientific:
Otis tarda

Citation:
Linnaeus, 1758

Reference:
Syst.Nat.ed.10 p.154

Protonym:
Otis tarda

Avibase ID:
C6F33176724AC933

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/C6F33176

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 176419

VULNERABLE

Geographic range:

Otis tarda tarda: S Palearctic
Otis tarda dybowskii: SE Russia to Mongolia and ne China

Source: Clements checklist

English:
Great Bustard
Czech:
drop velký
German:
Großtrappe
Danish:
Stortrappe
Spanish:
Avutarda Euroasiática
Finnish:
isotrappi
French:
Grande Outarde
Icelandic:
Trölldoðra
Italian:
Otarda
Japanese:
nogan
Japanese:
ノガン
Dutch:
Grote Trap
Norwegian:
Stortrappe
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Stortrappe
Polish:
drop
Portuguese:
Abetarda-comum
Russian:
Дрофа
Slovak:
drop veľký
Swedish:
stortrapp
Ukrainian:
Дрохва євразійська
Chinese:
大鸨

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

African Bird Club Checklist 2004: Great Bustard ( Otis tarda) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist August 2005: Great Bustard ( Otis tarda) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist March 2007: Great Bustard ( Otis tarda) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist January 2008: Great Bustard ( Otis tarda) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist May 2009: Great Bustard ( Otis tarda) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist March 2010: Great Bustard ( Otis tarda) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Great Bustard ( Otis tarda) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Great Bustard ( Otis tarda) [version 1]
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Great Bustard ( Otis tarda) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Great Bustard ( Otis tarda) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 00: Great Bustard ( Otis tarda) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01: Great Bustard ( Otis tarda) [version 1]
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Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Great Bustard ( Otis tarda) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): Great Bustard ( Otis tarda) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Great Bustard ( Otis tarda) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Great Bustard ( Otis tarda) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Great Bustard ( Otis tarda) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Great Bustard ( Otis tarda) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Great Bustard ( Otis tarda) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Great Bustard ( Otis tarda) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Great Bustard ( Otis tarda) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Great Bustard ( Otis tarda) [version 1]
British Ornithologists' Union Checklist (7th edition): Great Bustard ( Otis tarda) [version 1]
British Ornithologists' Union Checklist (7th edition, incl. Jan 2009 suppl.): Great Bustard ( Otis tarda) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Grande Outarde ( Otis tarda) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Grande Outarde ( Otis tarda) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition: Giant Bustard ( Otis tarda) [version 1]
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Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Great Bustard ( Otis tarda) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Great Bustard ( Otis tarda) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Great Bustard ( Otis tarda) [version 1]
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Morony, Bock and Farrand: Great Bustard ( Otis tarda) [version 1]
Oriental Bird Club: Great Bustard ( Otis tarda) [version 1]
James Lee Peters: Otis tarda [version 1]
James Lee Peters (original): Otis tarda [version 1]
James Lee Peters (2nd edition): Otis tarda [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993): Great Bustard ( Otis tarda) [version 1]
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Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Otis tarda [version 1]
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Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

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Other synonyms

Azerbaijani: Dovdaq
Belarusian: Дроп, Дудак
Bulgarian: Дропла
Catalan: Fotja, Pioc salvatge, Pioc salvatge eurasiàtic
Valencian: Fotja
Montenegrin: droplja
Czech: Drop velký
Welsh: Bwstard mawr, Ceiliog y waun, Iâr y gwerni, Twrci'r gwerni
Danish: Stortrappe
German: Großtrappe, Groβtrappe
Greek: Αγριόγαλος, Αρκόγαλος, Μεγάλη Ωτίδα
Greek (Cypriot): Αρκόγαλος
Emiliano-romagnolo: Folga
English: Giant Bustard, Great Bustard
English (IOC): Great Bustard
Esperanto: granda otido
Spanish: Avutarda, Avutarda Común, Avutarda Euroasiática, Avutarda Europea
Spanish (Spain): Avutarda Común
Spanish (HBW): Avutarda euroasiática
Estonian: Suurtrapp
Basque: Basoilo handi, Basoilo handia, Pioc salvatge
Persian: میش مرغ
Finnish: Isotrappi
Faroese: Tvagla
French: Grande Outarde, Outarde barbue
Frisian: Grutte Trap
Irish: Bustard Mór
Gaelic: Coileach Frangach
Galician: Avetarda, Pioc salvatge
Manx: Turkee feie
Hebrew: חובה גדולה
Croatian: Droplja, Veliki potrk
Hungarian: Túzok
Armenian: [Mets Aros ], Մեծ Արոս
Icelandic: Trölladoðra, Trölldoðra
Italian: Folega, Otarda, Otarda eurasiatica, Starda
Brescian: Folega
Japanese: nogan, No-gan
Japanese: ノガン
Japanese (Kanji): 野雁, 鴇
Georgian: სავათი
Khakas: Тодах
Kazakh: Дуадақ, Қасқалдақ
Kazakh (Transliteration): dwadaq
Korean: 느시
Korean (Transliteration): neusi
Cornish: Gwernyar
Scientific: Otis tarda, Otis tarda tarda
Luxembourgish: Grouss Trapp
Lithuanian: Didysis einis, tikrasis einis
Latvian: Lielā drofa, Lielā sīga
Macedonian: Голема дропла, голема дропља
Mongolian: Тоодог, Хонин тоодог
Mongolian (Bichig): ᠬᠣᠨᠢᠨ ᠲᠣᠭᠣᠳᠠᠭ
Mongolian (Bichig, Inner Mongolia): ᠲᠣᠭᠣᠳᠠᠭ
Mongolian (Cyrillic, Inner Mongolia): Тоодог
Mongolian (Transliteration): khoniŋ toodog, toodog
Moldavian: Dropie
Maltese: Pitarrun
Dutch: Grote Trap
Norwegian Nynorsk: Stortrappe
Norwegian: Stortrappe
Polish: drop, drop (zwyczajny), Drop zwyczajny
Pinyin: dà bǎo, dì bǔ, dú-bào, jī-bǔ, qīng bǔ, yáng bǔ, yě-yàn
Portuguese: abetarda, Abetarda-comum
Portuguese (Portugal): Abetarda
Romansh: Droppa gronda
Romanian: Dropie
Russian: Drofa, Дрофа, Дудак
Scots: Coileach Frangach
Sindhi: ڇي ډ ٯَ
Slovak: Drop fúzatý, drop fúzatý/drop veľký, Drop veľký, veľký fúzatý
Slovenian: velika droplja
Albanian: Pula me mjeker, Pula me mjekër
Serbian: Droplja, velika droplja, Дроплja, Дроплја
Swedish: Stortrapp
Turkish: Büyük Toy, Büyük Toy Kuşu, Toy, Дуадақ
Tuvinian: Тогдук
Ukrainian: Дрофа, Дрохва, Дрохва євразійська, Дудак
Chinese: [da bao], [di bu], 地, 地鵏, 大鸨, 大鸨, 独豹, 羊, 野雁, 青, 鸡
Chinese (Traditional): 地鵏, 大鴇, 獨豹, 羊鵏, 野雁, 雞鵏, 青鵏