| The most exciting bird of the flight was a houbara bustard flying up from the dry desert scrub showing large white patches on its wings. |
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| Seemingly invisible on our horses we rode amongst azure-winged magpies, great bustard, hoopoes and a hundred other species of birds. |
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| And in Austria there is a well-funded project to try to prevent one of the world's most spectacular birds, the great bustard, from dying out. |
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| I confess to the herder that I don't really know what a houbara looks like, having only encountered the kori bustard of the savannah. |
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| The great bustard, the world's heaviest flying bird, was widely distributed in England until the end of the 18th century. |
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| Today Mr Hussey said everyone at the hotel was hopeful of seeing the bustard returned as the centrepiece of the garden. |
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| Apart from the globally-extinct great auk, the bustard is the only bird known to have bred in Britain that hasn't done so in recent times. |
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| The great bustard ranks alongside the kori bustard and mute swan as the world's heaviest flying birds. |
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| Birdlife is good and include Augur buzzard, Denhams bustard, white-necked raven and purple crested lourie. |
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| The savanna landscape supports a small antelope species called Grimm's duiker, side striped jackals, and rare birds including Denham's bustard. |
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| The Lesser Florican is the smallest bustard commonly found in India. |
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| The are also important breeding colonies of birds in this area including the blue swallow, Denham's bustard, Njombe cisticola and Kipengere seedeater. |
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| The representative of Pakistan expressed his gratitude to the Government of Saudi Arabia for the work done on the Houbara bustard. |
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| Wildlife was plentiful, especially bustard which soared vertically into the air when disturbed, flying noisily in a wide circle until we were past. |
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| On the plains inhabited steppe species of birds like the curlew, the grouse, the gang, the black wheatear or bustard. |
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| By the mid 19th century the great bustard was extinct in Britain. |
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| The Pannonische Gesellschaft Großtrappenschutz contributed an exhibition on the rare Great bustard. |
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| Spot the elusive brush-tailed rock wallaby, shy platypus and the threatened bustard and mountain duck. |
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| The Chair observed that an approach to the lead country for the Houbara bustard in conjunction with CIC should be first priority. |
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| Mr. Adams acknowledged that the Houbara bustard was a top CMS priority, however, he was astonished by what was being discussed. |
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| Many croplands that once produced sorghum and millet seeds, on which the great Indian bustard thrived, have become fields of sugarcane and cotton or grape orchards. |
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| Birds include the vulture, eagle, stork, bustard, Arabian partridge, bee eater, falcon, and sunbird. |
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| The observer from Zimbabwe asked the representative of Saudi Arabia whether measures were being taken to control falconry in the Arabian Peninsula, which he said was a major threat to the Houbara bustard. |
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| Absent in ostrich, emu, cassowary, bustard, frogmouth, and a few other birds, the oil gland is best-developed in aquatic species, notably petrels and pelicans, and in the osprey and oilbird. |
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| Some species, especially of arid zones, belonging to the pigeon, finch, mousebird, button-quail and bustard families are capable of sucking up water without the need to tilt back their heads. |
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| Any animal can appear suddenly or run away: the francolin noisily, the hare discreetly and nimbly, the sandgrouse springing from the soil, and the bustard that slips away and flies out of reach. |
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| Some extinguishing species like white-headed duck, houbara bustard and Siberian crane also travel on this route, he said. |
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| This region is noted for its viable population of Arabian Gazelle as well as being a habitat for several species, such as the endangered houbara bustard, a species of wader, as a part of its highly diverse avifauna. |
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| In Australia the bustard Choriotis australis is called turkey. |
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| Among the numerous Appendix II species reported in Syria, the Houbara bustard, for which a multilateral agreement under CMS is currently being negotiated, deserves special mention. |
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| He reported that he had recently visited the transboundary area of Austria, Hungary and Slovakia, where the results had been excellent in only a few years, with a very large increase in population of the Great bustard. |
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| These birds mainly consist of water fowl, hobara bustard, cranes, teals, pintail, mallard, geeze, spoon bills, waders, palicons and gadwall. |
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| This will ensure population stability of a number of threatened species, including Houbara bustard, Caracal, Goitered gazelle, Ustyurt urial and the Saiga antelope. |
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| His Majesty had ordered the launch of the project in a bid to provide breeding habitats for houbara bustard birds and protect them from overhunting and poaching. |
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| At the wedding reception at Redlynch, near Salisbury, the couple cut the wedding cake which was decorated with a Great Bustard. |
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| A total of 28 orphaned Great Bustard chicks were flown to the UK from Russia in the autumn, and released into the wild on Salisbury Plain. |
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| As well as early fossils, there are displays of stuffed animals and birds, including a male and female Great Bustard. |
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| A visitor centre is being planned for the Great Bustard Project in the Everleigh area and more details will be published when plans are more definite. |
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| The trail isn't supposed to be a wildlife safari, but we sight many kudu, oryx, baboons and mountain zebra, and a huge Kori Bustard taking to the air. |
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| The Kori Bustard is a large bird with mottled grayish-buff colouration, dark brown vermiculation, and a distinct white stripe over each eye. |
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| The court struck down the notification regarding hunting of Houbara Bustard and termed it ultra vires the Sindh Wildlife Protection Ordinance. |
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| These bird species include the Asian Houbara Bustard and the red-necked ostrich. |
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| When manually searching his 4WD vehicle, the inspector found 26 alive rare Houbara Bustard carefully hidden in plastic and paper packets. |
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