The western marsh harrier is a large harrier, a bird of prey from temperate and subtropical western Eurasia and adjacent Africa. It is also known as the Eurasian marsh harrier. Formerly, a number of r
A fairly pale adult female (note brown remiges and yellow eye) winters near Hodal (Faridabad district, Haryana, India)
Adult male (front), juvenile (behind) and adult female (back), illustration from 1899
The male is characterised by the very clear chestnut brown mantle and the grey secondaries and black outer primaries
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
A museum display shows male–female sexual dimorphism.
Captive male great bustard, showing the characteristic long, beard-like feathers and heavy build