Australian bustard: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the Australian bustard lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Ardeotis australis
Group	Cuckoos, turacos & other birds
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Oceania
Mass	136 g (birth weight); 5.97 kg (male organism, adult weight); 2.93 kg (female organism, adult weight)
Class	Bird
Order	Otidiformes
Family	Otididae

Where does the Australian bustard live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Australian bustard in 1 country or territory across Oceania.

Australia

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

How big is an Australian bustard?

Wikidata records the following for the Australian bustard: mass 136 g (birth weight); 5.97 kg (male organism, adult weight); 2.93 kg (female organism, adult weight).

Is the Australian bustard endangered?

The Australian bustard’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Australian bustard?

The Australian bustard (Ardeotis australis) is a bird in the order Otidiformes and the family Otididae, genus Ardeotis. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Australian bustard

The Australian bustard (Ardeotis australis) is a large ground-dwelling bird that is common in grassland, woodland and open agricultural country across northern Australia and southern New Guinea. It stands at about one metre (3 ft 3 in) high, and its wingspan is around twice that length. The species is nomadic, flying to areas when food becomes plentiful, and capable of travelling long distances. They were once widespread and common to the open plains of Australia, but became rare in regions that have been used for farming. The bustard is omnivorous, mostly consuming the fruit or seed of plants, but also eating invertebrates such as crickets, grasshoppers, smaller mammals, birds and reptiles.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Australian bustard (revision 1375664689), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q764510 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).