Great Bustard
Otis tarda
- Endangered
- Card rarity: Epic
- Birds
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 Central and East Asia. European populations are mainly resident, but Asian populations migrate farther south in winter. Endangered as of 2023, it had been listed as a Vulnerable species on the IUCN Red List since 1996.
Classification
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Otidiformes
- Family
- Otididae
- Genus
- Otis