Kori bustard chick hatches at Franklin Park Zoo

BOSTON (WPRI) — The Franklin Park Zoo is celebrating the arrival of a kori bustard chick. The female chick, who hatched on ...
UPI

Study says the heaviest flying bird seems to self-medicate with plants

Nov. 23 (UPI) --The great bustard actively seeks out medicinal plants that can kill pathogens, according to a study published Wednesday in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. The study published in ...
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Great bustards found breeding in new location

Great bustard nests have been found for the first time on Cranborne Chase. This week, Cranborne Chase Landscape Trust confirmed that bustard chicks had been found in the designated National Landscape ...
Phys.org

World's heaviest flying bird may be self-medicating on plants used in traditional medicine

If you see a great bustard (Otis tarda) in the wild, you're unlikely to forget it. Massive, colorful, and impossible to mistake, they are the heaviest birds living today capable of flight, with the ...
New Scientist

Heaviest flying bird makes epic journeys to keep warm

THEY may be the heaviest flying animal, but that doesn’t stop great bustards getting around. Satellite tagging shows some migrate 4000 kilometres each year. Their secret? Long layovers. Male great ...
Indiatimes

Discover the bird with a prehistoric roar

The Australian bustard (Ardeotis australis) is one of Australia's most impressive and iconic birds. Known for its large size and majestic appearance, it can stand over a metre tall and weigh up to 14 ...