HOUBARA BUSTARD
July 1st, 2004
BY KEITH NUTHALL
*Bulky and long-necked, it has a 140cm wingspan, brown above and white below, with a black stripe down the sides of its neck.
*Three sub-species, in the Canary Islands, North Africa, and the Sinai Peninsula to Arabia, into Central Asia.
*Numbers are unclear, a 1997 estimate said 49,000-62,000 globally. Latest estimates cite decline of 35% over last 20 years, making it "vulnerable".
** Figures BirdLife International
*Bulky and long-necked, it has a 140cm wingspan, brown above and white below, with a black stripe down the sides of its neck.
*Three sub-species, in the Canary Islands, North Africa, and the Sinai Peninsula to Arabia, into Central Asia.
*Numbers are unclear, a 1997 estimate said 49,000-62,000 globally. Latest estimates cite decline of 35% over last 20 years, making it "vulnerable".
** Figures BirdLife International
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