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Great Bustard

Otis tarda Linnaeus, C 1758

The great bustard is a bird in the bustard family, the only member of the genus Otis. It breeds in open grasslands and farmland from northern Morocco, South and Central Europe, to temperate Central and East Asia. European populations are mainly resident, but Asian populations migrate farther south in winter. It has been listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List since 1996. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Otidiformes
Family:
  Otididae
Genus:
   Otis
Scientific:
  Otis tarda


Original description

Citation:
  Linnaeus, C 1758

Reference:
   Systema Naturae ed. 10 1 p.154

Protonym:
  Otis Tarda

Type locality:
  Poland.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277#page/173/mode/1up


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  C6F33176724AC933

Avibase ID:
  avibase-C6F33176

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


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 176419


ENDANGERED

Geographic range:

  • Otis tarda tarda: southern Palearctic
  • Otis tarda dybowskii: southeastern Russia to Mongolia and northeastern China
English:
Great Bustard
Catalan:
Pioc salvatge eurasiàtic
Czech:
drop velký
Danish:
Stortrappe
German:
Großtrappe
Spanish:
Avutarda Euroasiática
Spanish (Spain):
Avutarda euroasiática
Finnish:
isotrappi
French:
Grande Outarde
Croatian:
Droplja
Hungarian:
Túzok
Icelandic:
Trölldoðra
Italian:
Otarda
Japanese (romaji):
nogan
Japanese:
ノガン
Lithuanian:
Didysis einis
Dutch:
Grote Trap
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Stortrappe
Norwegian:
Stortrappe
Polish:
drop
Portuguese:
abetarda
Portuguese (Portugal):
abetarda-comum
Russian:
Дрофа
Slovak:
drop veľký
Serbian:
velika droplja
Swedish:
stortrapp
Ukrainian:
Дрохва
Chinese:
大鸨
Chinese (Traditional):
大鴇


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

African Bird Club Checklist 2004:
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African Bird Club Checklist August 2005:
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African Bird Club Checklist March 2007:
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African Bird Club Checklist January 2008:
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African Bird Club Checklist May 2009:
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African Bird Club Checklist March 2010:
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Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
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Birdlife checklist version 00:
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Birdlife checklist version 01:
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Birdlife checklist version 02:
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Birdlife checklist version 03:
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Birdlife checklist version 04:
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Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
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Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
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Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
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Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
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Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
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Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
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Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
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Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
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British Ornithologists' Union Checklist (7th edition):
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British Ornithologists' Union Checklist (7th edition, incl. Jan 2009 suppl.):
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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):
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Clements 1st edition:
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Clements, version 2021:
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Clements, version 2022:
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Clements, version 2023:
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Clements, version 2024:
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Clements 3rd edition:
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Clements 4th edition:
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Clements 5th edition (as published):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition:
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
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Clements, version 2015:
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Clements, version 2016:
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Clements, version 2018:
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Clements, version 2019:
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eBird version 1.50:
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Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
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Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
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Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
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Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
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Morony, Bock and Farrand:
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Oriental Bird Club:
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Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
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Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
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Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
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Sibley and Monroe (1993):
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Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
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Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
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Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
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Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
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Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

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Abkhazian: аКӘтышьап
Arabic: حبارى كبيرة
Asturian: Avetarda común
Azerbaijani: Adi dovdaq, adi doydaq, Dovdaq, doydaq
Bashkir: дөйәғош, туғаҙаҡ
Belarusian: Дроп, Дудак
Bulgarian: Дропла
Breton: Otiz bras
Catalan: Fotja, Pioc salvatge, Pioc salvatge eurasiàtic
Valencian: Fotja
Montenegrin: droplja, дропља
Montenegrin (Cyrillic): дропља
Czech: Drop velký
Chuvash: папа-кайăк, хир кăркки
Welsh: Bwstard mawr, Ceiliog y waun, Iâr y gwerni, Twrci'r gwerni
Danish: Stortrappe
German: Großtrappe
Greek: Αγριόγαλος, Αρκόγαλος, Μεγάλη Ωτίδα
Greek (Cypriot): Αρκόγαλος
Emiliano-romagnolo: Folga
English: Giant Bustard, Great Bustard
English, HBW: Great Bustard
English (IOC): Great Bustard
English (United States): Great Bustard
Esperanto: granda otido
Spanish: Avutarda, Avutarda Común, Avutarda Euroasiática, Avutarda Europea
Spanish (Spain): Avutarda Común, Avutarda euroasiática
Spanish (HBW): Avutarda euroasiática
Estonian: Suurtrapp
Basque: Basoilo handi, Basoilo handia, Pioc salvatge
Evenki: тодок
Persian: میش مرغ, میش‌مرغ
Finnish: Isotrappi
Faroese: Tvagla
French: Grande Outarde, Outarde barbue
Friulian: dindi salvadi, starde
Frisian: Grutte Trap
Irish: Bustard Mór, Bústard mór
Gaelic: Coileach Frangach, Frangach mòr
Galician: Avetarda, Avetarda grande, Pioc salvatge
Manx: Bustart mooar, 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 (romaji): nogan, No-gan
Japanese: ノガン
Japanese (Kanji): 野雁, 鴇
Georgian: სავათი
Kara-Kalpak: туўалақ
Kabardian: дудакъ
Khakas: Тодах
Kazakh: Дуадақ, Қасқалдақ, кәдімгі дуадақ, үлкен дуадақ
Kazakh (Transliteration): dwadaq
Greenlandic: Nerlersuaasaq
Korean: 느시
Korean (Transliteration): neusi
Karachay-Balkar: дудакъ, дууадакъ
Cornish: Gwernyar
Kirghiz: Европа тоодагы, кадимки тоодак, тоодак, чоң тooдaк
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, ямаан тоодог
Mongolian (Bichig): ᠬᠣᠨᠢᠨ ᠲᠣᠭᠣᠳᠠᠭ
Mongolian (Bichig, Inner Mongolia): ᠲᠣᠭᠣᠳᠠᠭ
Mongolian (Cyrillic, Inner Mongolia): Тоодог
Mongolian (Transliteration): khoniŋ toodog, toodog
Moldavian: Dropie
Maltese: Pitarrun, pitarrun il-kbir, pitarruni
Mongolian, Chakhar (Peripheral): ямаан тоодог
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), Abetarda-comum
Portuguese (Portugal): Abetarda, abetarda-comum
Romansh: Droppa gronda
Rhaeto-Romance: Droppa gronda
Romanian: Dropie
Russian: Drofa, Дрофа, Дудак
Scots: Coileach Frangach
Northern Sami: Stuorratráhppe
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
Tajik: дуғдоғ, دوغ داغ
Turkmen: toklutaý
Turkish: Büyük Toy, Büyük Toy Kuşu, Toy, Дуадақ
Tatar: гади дүдәк , дала күркәсе, дүдәге, дүдәк, дүдәкләр, кыр куркәсе
Tuvinian: Тогдук
Ukrainian: Дрофа, Дрохва, Дрохва євразійська, Дудак
Uzbek: оддий тувалоқ, тувалоқ, тўхта тувалоқ
Kalmyk: алг тоодг, тоодг, тоодыг, цен
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

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