{"id":368463,"date":"2026-07-29T15:49:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T10:19:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=368463"},"modified":"2026-07-29T15:49:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T10:19:11","slug":"houbara-bustard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/houbara-bustard\/","title":{"rendered":"Houbara Bustard\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-box-green\">\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong> The Houbara Bustard has suffered major population declines due to habitat loss, hunting, and degradation of its breeding grounds.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"red-h2-box\"><b>About Houbara Bustard\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cf-images.assettype.com\/downtoearth%2F2026-07-28%2Fld7s4v1l%2FHoubara-Bustards.jpg?resize=480%2C301&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Houbara Bustard\" width=\"480\" height=\"301\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: DTE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a<strong> large terrestrial bird.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Scientific name:<\/strong> <\/span><b> <\/b>It <b>is split into two distinct species <\/b>as recognized by the IUCN<b>:<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li>one residing in North Africa<b> (Chlamydotis undulata) and<\/b><\/li>\n<li>the other residing in Asia<b> (Chlamydotis macqueenii).<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Habitat:<\/strong> It lives in <strong>vast plains and semi-arid regions in pebbly, sandy deserts<\/strong> with scattered vegetation cover.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Distribution:<\/strong> It is found in<strong> parts of Asia, the Middle East and Africa.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Characteristics:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Appearance:<\/strong> It is a <strong>medium-to-large-sized bustard.<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Its<strong> overall plumage is pale sandy-brown,<\/strong> which helps it blend into dry habitats.<\/li>\n<li>It has a<strong> white neck with a distinct vertical black stripe<\/strong>, which is most prominent in adult males.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Females<\/strong> are<strong> slightly smaller and slimmer than males.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It closely <strong>resembles the African Houbara,<\/strong> but the two species are mainly distinguished by their geographic range.<\/li>\n<li>During the breeding season,<strong> the male performs a unique courtship display<\/strong> by dancing in long, straight lines across open hills.<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"1f2vjeq\" data-start=\"801\" data-end=\"884\">It<strong> breeds in dry steppes and semi-desert regions<\/strong> with scattered shrubs.<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"1li2zgo\" data-start=\"885\" data-end=\"973\">Its eastern populations are<strong> migratory and move seasonally.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Diet<\/strong>: It is <strong>omnivorous<\/strong> taking seeds, insects and other small creatures.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Behaviour:<\/strong> It is normally<strong> silent and rarely makes vocal sounds.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Threat<\/strong>: The main reasons for the decline in the species are:\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Poaching, <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Unregulated hunting and the <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Degradation of its natural habitat.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Conservation status:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>IUCN<\/strong>: It is classified as <strong>Vulnerable.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>CITES<\/strong>: It is listed in <strong>Appendix I under CITES.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>CMS:<\/strong> It is also listed in <strong>Appendix I of the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS<\/strong>).\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0It will be also <strong>included in the forthcoming Central Asian Red Data Book.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: The Houbara Bustard has suffered major population declines due to habitat loss, hunting, and degradation of its breeding grounds. About Houbara Bustard\u00a0 It is a large terrestrial bird. Scientific name: It is split into two distinct species as recognized by the IUCN: one residing in North Africa (Chlamydotis undulata) and the other residing in&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/houbara-bustard\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Houbara Bustard\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,4182,12039,11834],"tags":[11872,10504],"class_list":["post-368463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-environment","category-knolls","category-species-in-news","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-down-to-earth","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368463","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=368463"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368463\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=368463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=368463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=368463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}