Macqueen’s Bustard Chlamydotis macqueenii [JE Gray, 1832] |
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Order:
Gruiformes
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Family: Otididae |
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BTO Codes:
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EURING No: 4442 | |
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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:
65 cm
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Wingspan: 160 cm |
Weight:
M: 2.1 kg F: 1.5 kg
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Scientific name from:
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Gr.: khlamus= a type of cloak + otis=bustard and after Gen. Thomas MacQueen (1792-1840) British soldier and collector |
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World Distribution:
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BREEDS: sw Asia east to Mongolia and w China, WINTERS: south to Persian Gulf and c India |
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Habitat:
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Steppe, semi-desert |
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Diet:
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Omnivorous |
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Records and Distribution |
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First Record:
Lincolnshire, 1847
(Jobson, G.J. & Small, B.J. 2004. British Birds 97:68-72)
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Total Number of Records (1950-2007):
1
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Summary of Records by Year
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Most Likely to Occur in:
Too few records
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Most Recent County Records:
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Scotland:
Northeast
(1898),
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North-east England:
Cleveland
(1892),
East Yorkshire
(1896),
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North-west England:
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English Midlands:
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Eastern England:
Lincolnshire
(1847),
Suffolk
(1962),
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South-east England:
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Information provided by BirdGuides and BBRC |
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Other Names |
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Split from Chlamydotis undulata
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| Gaelic: | Welsh: |
| Danish: Østlig Kravetrappe | Dutch: Oostelijke Kraagtrap |
| Finnish: | French: Outarde de Macqueen |
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| Italian: Ubara asiatica | Norwegian: |
| Polish: Hubara arabska | Portuguese: |
| Spanish: | Swedish: Kragtrapp |
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