Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax [Linnaeus, 1758] |
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Order:
Gruiformes
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Family: Otididae |
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BTO Codes:
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EURING No: 4420 | |
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Number in Britain:
Fewer than 20 records
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Conservation Status:
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Status in UK:
(A) Accidental
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Subspecies:
Monotypic
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Length:
42 cm
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Wingspan: 110 cm |
Weight:
M/F: 830 g
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Scientific name from:
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Gr.: tetras=an edible gamebird mentioned by Aristophanes |
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World Distribution:
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s Europe & nw Africa to c Asia |
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Habitat:
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Dry grass, heath, farmland |
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Diet:
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Plants and invertebrates |
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Records and Distribution |
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First Record:
Cornwall, 1751
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Total Number of Records (1950-2007):
19
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Summary of Records by Year
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Most Likely to Occur in:
October to December
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Most Recent County Records:
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Scotland:
Angus & Dundee
(1833),
Dumfries & Galloway
(1964),
Fife
(1840),
Moray & Nairn
(1861),
Northeast
(1935),
Orkney
(1989),
Shetland
(1998),
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North-east England:
Durham
(1876),
Northumberland
(1937),
East Yorkshire
(1956),
North Yorkshire
(1886),
South Yorkshire
(1922),
West Yorkshire
(1842),
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North-west England:
Lancashire
(1858),
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English Midlands:
Derbyshire
(1901),
Northamptonshire
(1858),
Nottinghamshire
(1866),
West Midlands
(1839),
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Eastern England:
Cambridgeshire
(1842),
Essex
(1969),
Lincolnshire
(1955),
Norfolk
(1968),
Suffolk
(1987),
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South-east England:
Berkshire
(1958),
Hampshire
(1988),
Isle of Wight
(1875),
Kent
(1958),
Oxfordshire
(1859),
East Sussex
(1904),
West Sussex
(1914),
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South-west England:
Cornwall
(1996),
Devon
(1912),
Dorset
(1987),
Gloucestershire
(1946),
Somerset
(1914),
Wiltshire
(1952),
Isles of Scilly
(2002),
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Wales:
Anglesey
(1884),
Carmarthen
(1938),
Glamorgan
(1885),
Pembrokeshire
(1968),
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Information provided by BirdGuides and BBRC |
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Other Names |
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| Gaelic: Coileach-Frangach-beag | Welsh: Celiog y Waun Lleiaf |
| Danish: Dværgtrappe | Dutch: Kleine trap |
| Finnish: Pikkutrappi | French: Outarde canepetière |
| German: Zwergtrappe | Hungarian: Reznek |
| Icelandic: Dvergdoðra | Irish: Bustard Beag |
| Italian: Gallina prataiola | Norwegian: Dvergtrappe |
| Polish: Strepet | Portuguese: Sisão |
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Spanish:
Sisón
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Swedish: Småtrapp |
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