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  Otididae - Encyclopedia.com
Otididae (bustards; class Aves, order Gruiformes) A family of medium to large birds which have grey or brown upper-parts, buff or white under-parts, with many having fl and white head and neck markings.
Estrildidae (Poulsen 1953), Spermestidae (Immelmann 1962), Coliidae (Cade and Greenwald 1966), Turnicidae (Fry 1978), and Otididae (Fisher et al.
Occurrence of chick-carrying behavior in two or three members of Otididae may suggest a previously unknown familial characteristic.
www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1O8-Otididae.html   (256 words)

  
 Otididae - 鸨科 - ノガン科 - Họ Ô tác
Chinese: The Otididae (or Otidae) are known as 鸨 bǎo in Chinese.
The distribution of Otididae in East Asia may be found at Tzung-Su Ding's Distribution of GRUIFORMES in East Asia.
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 bird that comes its way, Erh-lang did not deign to close with him.
www.cjvlang.com /Birds/bustard.html   (432 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Otididae   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
In bustards (Otididae) and plovers (Charadriidae), males tend...
storks (Ciconiidae), ibises (Ibididae), bustards (Otididae), and cranes (Gruidae) of the...
African Finfoot BUSTARDS & KORHAANS (Otididae) Stanley's Bustard Blackbellied Bustard JACANAS...
www.amazon.com /s?ie=UTF8&keywords=Otididae&index=blended&page=1   (869 words)

  
 OTIDIDAE - BUSTARD — Tanzania Bird Atlas - Distribution and seasonality
OTIDIDAE - BUSTARD — Tanzania Bird Atlas - Distribution and seasonality
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OTIDIDAE - BUSTARD by Stein Nilsen — last modified 2007-05-11 15:13
tanzaniabirdatlas.com /maps/otididae-bustard   (282 words)

  
 Bustards: Otididae - Physical Characteristics, Diet, Behavior And Reproduction, Great Bustard (otis Tarda): Species ...
Bustards are found across much of the Old World, including Africa, Europe, and Asia, as well as in Australia.
Bustards are threatened primarily due to hunting (particularly in India and Indochina), habitat destruction, and pesticide use.
Bustards: Otididae - Blue Bustard (eupodotis Caerulescens): Species Accounts
animals.jrank.org /pages/654/Bustards-Otididae.html   (351 words)

  
 Otididae - English-Italian Dictionary - WordReference.com
We found no English translation for 'Otididae' in our English to Italian Dictionary.
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www.wordreference.com /enit/Otididae   (61 words)

  
 Birds of India - GRUIFORMES - Cranes - Crakes - Rails - Bustards - Gruidae - Heliornithidae - Otididae - Rallidae   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Birds of India - GRUIFORMES - Cranes - Crakes - Rails - Bustards - Gruidae - Heliornithidae - Otididae - Rallidae
Gruiformes have a long evolutionary history, with fossil evidence dating back to the middle Eocene period.
While Gruidae, Heliornithidae and Rallidae are found in or near the wetlands, the Otididae prefer dry areas and desert.
www.birding.in /orders/gruiformes.htm   (211 words)

  
 kori bustard, Ardeotis kori (Gruiformes: Otididae) @ Insect Images
kori bustard, Ardeotis kori (Gruiformes: Otididae) @ Insect Images
Aves > Gruiformes > Otididae > Ardeotis kori (Burchell, 1822)
Insect Images is a joint project of The Bugwood Network and USDA Forest Service.
www.insectimages.org /browse/subimages.cfm?SUB=3610   (80 words)

  
 Otididae - Wikispecies
Ardeotis kori (kori bustard), a species of familia Otididae.
For more Multimedia, look at Otididae on Wikimedia Commons.
This page was last modified 12:08, 4 November 2006.
species.wikimedia.org /wiki/Otididae   (57 words)

  
 The Great Bustard   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The Great Bustard (Otis tarda), inhabits open, flat or slightly undulating, usually treeless cereal farmland.
It belongs to a quite homogeneous bird family, the Otididae, which also includes two other species in Europe, the Little Bustard (Tetrax tetrax), widespread over the Iberian Peninsula, and the Houbara Bustard (Chlamydotis undulata), in the Canary Islands.
The family Otididae, which currently includes 25 species, originated some 50 million years ago in Africa.
www.proyectoavutarda.org /ingles/bustard.htm   (100 words)

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