Great bustard
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The great bustard is a bird in the bustard family, and the only living member of the genus Otis. It breeds in open grasslands and farmland from northern Morocco, South and Central Europe to temperate
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A museum display shows male–female sexual dimorphism.
Captive male great bustard, showing the characteristic long, beard-like feathers and heavy build
Close up of face
Otis (bird)
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Otis is a genus of bustard containing a single living species, the great bustard.
Great bustard
…training area. Here, the lack of public access and disturbance allows them the seclusion they desire as a large, ground-nesting bird. The genus name Otis was introduced in 1758 by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in the tenth edition of his Systema Naturae; it came from the Greek name ὠτίς ōtis used…
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