bustard
noun[C]
uk/ˈbʌs.təd/us/ˈbʌs.tɚd/alarge,heavybirdthat canrunfastacrossground:
Fewer than 30,000 bustardsremaininEurope.
Greatbustardsresembleturkeyswithlongerbodies.
- Bustards werehuntedtoextinctioninBritain.
- Greatbustards wereconsideredadelicacyin the past.
- Several bustards wereseennear the Cape.
- Greatbustards are theheaviestflyingbirdsinEurope.
- Thesteppessupportaround 65percentof theremainingworldwidebustardpopulation.
Other wild birds
- bird of paradise
- blackbird
- blue tit
- bluebird
- bluejay
- flycatcher
- goldfinch
- greenfinch
- honeyeater
- hoopoe
- lyrebird
- macaw
- magpie
- martin
- mockingbird
- song thrush
- sparrow
- squab
- starling
- swift