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	Bustard - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Bustards are large terrestrial birds mainly associated with dry open country and steppes in the Old World.
		Bustards are omnivorous and nest on the ground.
		Bustards are gregarious outside the breeding season, but are very wary and difficult to approach in the open habitats they prefer.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bustard (229 words)

	Little Bustard - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Little Bustard, Tetrax tetrax, is a large bird in the bustard family, the only member of the genus Tetrax.
		Although the smallest Palearctic bustard, Little Bustard is still pheasant-sized at 45cm long with a 90cm wingspan.
		Like other bustards, the male Little Bustard has a flamboyant display with foot stamping and leaping in the air.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Little_Bustard (259 words)

	EUROPA - Environment - Action plan Tetrax tetrax (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Little Bustard populations tend to be fully migratory towards the north and east of the breeding range.
		The Little Bustard is widely distributed and apparently still common in the southern half of Portugal, but to the north of the Tagus river it occurs only in scattered localities (Rufino, 1989).
		The Little Bustard was exceedingly common in the Crimea during the 19th century and was still common in this and other steppe zones at the beginning of the 20th century (Schulz, 1985; Fedorenko, 1992).
	ec.europa.eu /environment/nature/directive/birdactionplan/tetraxtetrax.htm (6874 words)

	SPEA - SISÃO
		Little Bustard (Tetrax tetrax) is a medium size bird, strongly associated with steppe habitats.
		Little Bustard populations have been declining since the 19th century, becoming extinct in many countries of Central and South Europe.
		In Portugal the Little Bustard is largely distributed to the south of the river Tagus, particularly in Alentejo Region, where the largest known populations occur.
	www.spea.pt /ms_sisao/index.php?op=sisao_eng (501 words)

	The Bustards: Puffing, Jumping, Running Toward Oblivion - National Zoo\| FONZ
		This bad chemistry leaves bustard populations reeling: Of the world's 25 bustard species, most are in decline, and many have disappeared from broad stretches of their former ranges.
		For instance, sub-Saharan farmers consider the Arabian bustard (Ardeotis arabs) a pest because it nibbles acacia saplings planted for the extraction of gum arabic, an ingredient in pharmaceuticals and soft drinks.
		Europe's great and little bustards feed on alfalfa much of the year, and leaves of other legumes such as vetch and clover are also featured on bustard menus.
	nationalzoo.si.edu /Publications/ZooGoer/2002/2/bustards.cfm (3264 words)

	Naturlink
		Little Bustards start to group in the middle of June, after the mating season, then reaffirming in March, at the start of defining places where they will parade, the dispersion of males.
		Very little is known about this species in winter, from possible dispersion to aspects of habitat selection and this becomes, therefore, a priority in terms of investigation according to the Little Bustard Plan of Action approved by the European Community.
		The over-wintering of Little Bustards that reproduce in France and in the Spanish Extramadura was recently demonstrated through the tracking of a Little Bustard equipped with a transmitter that allowed it to be located by satellite (PTT).
	www.naturlink.pt /canais/Artigo.asp?iArtigo=3121&iCanal=1&iSubCanal=3561&iLingua=2 (722 words)

	Little Bustard (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax is a large bird in the bustard family.
		Although the smallest Palearctic bustard Little Bustard is still pheasant -sized at 45cm long with a 90cm In flight the long wings are extensively The breeding male is brown above and below with a grey head and a neck bordered above and below by white.
		Like other bustards the Little Bustard has a flamboyant display with stamping and leaping in the air.
	www.freeglossary.com /Little_bustard (382 words)

	Birdlife International (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		SPEA (BirdLife in Portugal) is working together with an alliance of local farmers and the Portuguese Government’s Institute for the Conservation of Nature to save the Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax in the Alentejo region of Portugal.
		Populations of the Little Bustard have been declining in Europe since the 19th Century because of major changes in land use and management.
		In Portugal the Little Bustard is mainly distributed to the south of the River Tagus, particularly in Alentejo.
	www.birdlifecapcampaign.org /news/view.asp?s=5&id=54 (582 words)

	Bird directive: Little Bustard (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		In summer plumage, males are easily recognised by its fl neck with a white collar and white breast, belly and flanks.
		Little Bustard inhabit open areas, mainly steppelands: pasture, cereal or alfalfa crops.
		The Little Bustard is a scarcely distributed species in the EU and has experienced a heavy population decline during last years.
	ec.europa.eu /environment/nature/directive/tetrax_tetrax_en.htm (168 words)

	Little Bustard (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Photo of:Little Bustard, Tetrax tetrax (691): Little Bustard, Tetrax tetrax This is the only image of this species that we have.
		Little Bustard (Tetrax tetrax) Photo: Little Bustard, Isolate address (URL) for bookmarking or e-mailing this photo, Tetrax tetrax, Pair in Flight, Spain November, 2002, Â©Mike Danzenbaker.
		Little Grebe: Other undoubted highlights included our first look at Little Bustard when a male appeared in the same scope view as a male Great Bustard, then the flock of...
	www.specieslist.com /endangered/common_name/L/Little_Bustard.shtml (1951 words)

	Archived conservation news articles on Great Bustard
		According to him, in the African desert there are bushes and birds that are threatened with extinction, as is the case with the great bustard.
		This is what happened before the great bustard was brought back to the plains of Salisbury, and before the northern pool frog was unleashed on East Anglia.
		The great bustard is the world's heaviest bird, up to 20kg under that plumage, two metres across the wings and given to a booming call when excited and wanting...
	conservation.mongabay.com /news/Great_Bustard.htm (550 words)

	Caligo Ventures: Spain
		The rolling plains of the "Spanish Steppes" are home to Europe's largest remaining population of its largest bird, Great Bustard, together with good numbers of Little Bustard, and both Pin-tailed and Black-bellied Sandgrouse.
		Little Bustard are usually abundant, and we also hope to see both Pin-tailed and the commoner Black-bellied Sandgrouse, together with local resident passerines including abundant Calandra Lark.
		It is here that we hope to see Great Bustard and Little Bustard, and we also hope to see both Pin-tailed and the commoner Black-bellied Sandgrouse, together with local resident passerines.
	www.caligo.com /europe/spain.html (1290 words)

	cranes
		Common Crane are present during winter and is's common to see them feeding with their cousins, Great and Little Bustards.
		Little Bustards (Tetrax tetrax) can be seen throughout the area in smaller groups and can be seen and heard displaying from late winter to early spring.
		Adult birds eat a variety of plants and new born chicks feed up on protein high crickets, grasshoppersand beetles.Little Bustards are declining in numbers in their European ranges due mainly to agricultural intensification (e.g.
	www.andalucianguides.com /cranes.htm (697 words)

	Holiday Villa Apartment Hotel Algarve Portugal Casa Rosa - Birding Reports
		Little bustard x 8 and then a further 120 seen in one flock.
		There had been little or no rain in the area since May and as such the area was particularly dry and dusty.
		Such is their report that there is little I can add to it other than add a couple of places I visited and add any different birds I saw in 2003.
	www.casarosa.net /reports.html (3343 words)

	Birding report April 2005 Algarve Portugal
		He had Little Bustard in the open flood plain that was laid out below us, but the only bird we could see to begin with was a male Stonechat looking very bright.
		Little Terns were flying overhead and feeding off the small fish in the pool.
		At least four Little Terns were constantly fishing in the lake and a Purple Heron flew across as did the Red Kite and White Stork.
	www.casarosa.net /April05.htm (4046 words)

	Otididae - 鸨科 - ノガン科 - Họ Ô tác
		Vietnamese: The only member of the bustards found in Vietnam is the Bengal florican (Eupodotis bengalensis), which is known as the Ô tác.
		In Chinese, the bustard was traditionally regarded as a sexually promiscuous bird and its name is found in some words describing lustful old whores.
		Seeing that he had reached the lowest possible stage in transformation, for the freckled bustard is the lowest and most promiscuous of creatures, mating at hazard with any birde that comes its way, Erh-lang did not deign to close with him.
	www.cjvlang.com /Birds/bustard.html (371 words)

	FONT Spain Previous Tour Highlights
		Great Bustards are bigger than geese, and appear a bit overweight (even though they eat the grain of the field, and not the "churros", the breakfast item mentioned earlier that are rather like fried donuts).
		Little Bustards, although called "Little", are really not small birds.
		Another Great Bustard was seen even closer, a female, walking slowly along the edge of tall grass.
	www.focusonnature.com /SpainTourHighlights.htm (4014 words)

	Definition of Bustard from dictionary.net
		Concreted earthy or mineral matter; also, any particular mass of such matter; as, a house built of stone; the boy threw a stone; pebbles are rounded stones.
		Called also thick-kneed plover or bustard, and thick-knee.
		Stone fern (Bot.), a European fern (Asplenium Ceterach) which grows on rocks and walls.
	www.dictionary.net /bustard (941 words)

	Russian Bird Conservation Union—Saratov Branch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		It has as a major objective the protection of the Great Bustard and Little Bustard.
		Russia's population of the Great Bustard is the second largest in the world after Spain.
		A print version of much of the information contained in this NIS Third Sector Organizations section can be found in the The Post-Soviet Handbook (Seattle and London: University of Washington Press, 1999).
	www.civilsoc.org /nisorgs/russwest/birdcsrv.htm (160 words)

	BIRDCHAT archives -- May 1998, week 2 (#75)
		Then after another 1.5 km or so there was a group of 12 Great Bustard, quite some distance from the road, on the left, in front of an old oak orchard (the only one in the surrounding).
		We birded the long and straight road going SE towards Cabeza del Buey, and saw and heard many Little Bustard, and several groups of Spanish Sparrow in the fields.
		The other bird they hoped for was Little Bittern, and we scanned the far reaches of the marsh intensively with the scope and found one, and after that several others, some also nearby.
	listserv.arizona.edu /cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind9805b&L=birdchat&F=&S=&P=5461 (1825 words)

	BirdForum - Little Bustards in Extremadura
		As Nick says the Belen Plains are very good for Bustards, and I received this e-mail a couple of weeks ago from a friend of mine in Madrid.
		I saw several Little Bustards in mid-late April 2003 on the plains of La Serena on the road heading north across the plain from Castuera.
		Also saw both bustards on the minor road between Trujillo and Santa Marta de Magasca (turn off just north of Trujillo) and then on the minor road west of Santa Marta de Magasca (where there were also Rollers and Black-bellied Sandgrouse, three vulture sp.
	www.birdforum.net /showthread.php?p=343411 (2235 words)

	bird watching Algarve Portugal Quinta da Saudade Vale de Parra (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Little Grebe gather on the river in groups of thirty or more, with numerous Moorhen and Coot.
		At the end of the dune track, where the stream joins the sea, Sanderlings may be seen on the beach and with luck Sandwich, Common and Little Terns.
		Little Terns come to fish throughout the summer but breed further along the coast.
	www.algarve-rentals.com /portugal/quinta/birdwatch (624 words)

	Late October 2004 – Eastern Vagrants and a MEGA find
		fields on the 10th-11th and a Little Bustard was found in the Beit Shean valley on the 20th.
		The Long-toed Stint, probably a bird moulting into adult plumage was seen feeding alongside Little Stints and we are attaching an image of the bird with a Little Stint for direct comparison.
		At this point Ben urged me to get pictures of the bird, but I was unable to get the bird in my scope, being on the wrong side of the car, so we had to manoeuvre the car once again until the bird was on my side.
	www.birdingisrael.com /birdNews/recentSightings/2004/fall2004/lateOctober.htm (1603 words)

	Audouin Birding Tours: Birdwatching in Extremadura April 2006 - trip report (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		We found a little hill on the edge of the reservoir and decided to scan the area from there.
		As several Great Bustards suddenly took flight at once, we discovered a young Golden Eagle flying low over the steppes thus disturbing their displays and courtship for a while.
		A few males of Little Bustard began displaying, and a couple of them even had a big aerial 'discussion' about the rights to display in a particularly inviting piece of grassland.
	www.audouinbirding.com /index.php?id=extremadura2006 (3247 words)

	Little Bustard Duo
		We anchoroed up on the reef near little bustard directly in from the Little Bustard LCM.
		We were out just a little ways from a pile of chain with very large (like two foot) links.
		We swam to the Little Bustard LCM and then headed out to find this wreck.
	dave.sixmeters.com /cgi-bin/wreck_cgi?wreck_62 (506 words)

	Tours for You - Castro Verde Tour (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		In Castro Verde it may be easily observed, along rural pathways or in ruins used as breeding places.
		In these areas, the Great Bustard rules and we will see them in flocks or some isolated males displaying spectacularly at the top of some small hill.
		Little Bustards are everywhere and they may allow observations from just a few meters distance.
	www.toursforyou.pt /Eng/birdcastroverde.htm (653 words)

	Bustard Movies
		There are 14 video clip matches for 'Bustard'.
		Nice selection of Great Indian bustard video clips available in various formats
		An adult walking and scratching head with leg.
	www.junglewalk.com /video/Bustard-movie.htm (116 words)

	BIRDCHAT archives -- February 2002, week 1 (#62)
		This looked like a good bet for flushing Little Bustard, and less than half an hour's wait proved this was a good strategy, as two Little Bustards were indeed flushed out.
		Since the afternoon was getting on, I reluctantly continued on to family visit in Provence, happy that I'd succeeded in seeing Little Bustard (without lek display).
		At any rate, were one lucky enough as I was to find a shepherd, one might also succeed in seeing a Little Bustard flushed from along the shoulder of the N568.
	listserv.arizona.edu /cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0202a&L=birdchat&F=&S=&P=6535 (940 words)

	bearded bustard - definition of bearded bustard by the Online Dictionary from Datasegment.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		1 definition found bearded bustard - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 : bustard \bus"tard\ (b[u^]s"t[~e]rd), n.
		[1913 Webster] Note: The great or bearded bustard (Otis tarda) is the largest game bird in Europe.
		The little bustard (Otis tetrax) inhabits eastern Europe and Morocco.
	onlinedictionary.datasegment.com /word/bearded+bustard (111 words)

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		Limit farming and animal husbandry in reproduction area of great bustard, reduce interference of human activity.
		Make clear sign near electrical wear, prevent little bustard from touching wear to die.
		Establish artificial breeding area, those little bustard reproduced successfully will be released into nature designedly.
	www.wwfchina.org /csis/search/english/cuoshidetail.shtm?cspcode=020590002 (93 words)

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