Chlamydotis Macqueenii The bustard family's largest bird is Chlamydotis macqueenii (MacQueen's Bustard) and sometimes known as the Asian houbara. That bird is very cute and beautiful.
It extends the scope of the spread of bird Asian Houbara NorthEast Asia (Mongolia and China) through Central Asia, the Middle East and the Arabian Peninsula and down to the Sinai desert. Female digs a hole Houbara surface is deep in open ground to put one egg to six eggs, but bleaching is usually 3 or 4 eggs.
After the end of the spring breeding season in Central Asia, migrate some Asian Houbara groups Chriva south to spend the winter in the warmer areas of their range (the Arabian Peninsula, Pakistan, nearby in Southwest Asia and countries). In the early spring, these groups return migration back to their breeding citizen in China, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, and others in the northeast of their range. And evaluate some Asian Houbara groups and breed in the southern part of their range, particularly in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Yemen and some parts of Iran, Pakistan, and Turkmenistan.
North African Houbara
Houbara bustards are large-bodied birds with long legs and a slender neck. The upper body is speckled, sandy brown and the underside is creamy white. The male has long, black feathers around the back of his neck, and white feathers on the front, lower neck. Wide bands of distinct black and white occur on the wings and the square tail is sandy-brown with four distinct black bars. With a wingspan of up to 1.5 meters, males weigh an average of 2.2 kilos while females weigh an average of 1.2 kilos. Asian and North African Houbara differ by subtle variations of back colorations, and extant of black and white feathers on neck and chest. Previously considered as one species, the Houbara Bustard has been split into two distinct species on the basis of genetic, morphologic, geographic and behavioral criteria: The Asian Houbara (Chlamydotis macqueenii ) or MacQueen’s Bustard The North African Houbara (Chlamydotis undulata )
Houbara bustards inhabit large open landscapes from the steppes to remote, semi-arid regions of sand and stone desert with sparse plant life. The bird’s speckled appearance is a perfect camouflage in its natural habitat making it almost invisible, when motionless.
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