Tetrax-tetrax
Tetrax tetrax pseudo-stepperocks and outcropsdiurnalleast concern
Little Bustard

 

ORDER: Gruiformes
FAMILY: Otididae
SIZE: +++

BREEDING SEASON:
J F M A M J J A S O N D

OCCURRENCE: breeding resident.
CHARACTERISTICS: brown coloured body; male with black neck and white stripes; white wings with black tips.
FOOD: invertebrates and seeds.
ECOLOGY AND BEHAVIOUR: steppic bird; hides among the vegetation; uses elevated places in the terrain to observe the surroundings; males communicate by flapping of the wings accompanied by a distinctive hissing.

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