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Australian Bustard of
Western Australia |
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Australian Bustard of
Western Australia |
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Males are approx 105-120cm in length females are smaller at approx 75-85cm in length. In Western Australia they are found over most of the state away from agriculture. They are not in the southwest of the state. They are mainly a plains bird blending in so well with long wavy grass. They still could be hunted for food by Aboriginal people in some places. |
Photographed Tanami Selby Hills WA. Here we saw two birds. |
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The male does a courtship display by struting about and booming loudly, with wings drooped, tail feathers spread and the upper breast spread into a swaying fan. One sometimes two eggs are laid. This is the Australian Bustard egg photographed at the Western Australian Museum. It was 7.5cmL x 5.3Wcm |
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What does it eat? It eats seeds, insects and small reptiles. This grasshopper was seen at the same place as the Australian Bustards in the Tanami at the Selby Hills in Western Australia. |
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This photograph was taken on the Tanami Track at the Wolfe meteorite crater in WA. The Australian Bustard has no hind toe and usually walks or runs although they can fly. We saw around six Australian Bustards at Karajini National Park in the Pilbara a few times then one time we saw them flying together.
to see our video of this bird at the Selby Hills in the Tanami Desert, Western Australia. |
Photographed on the Tanami Track 143km east of Rabbit Flats in NT |
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Update; We saw this Bustard at Cape Range National Park in the Pilbara at the Tulki Camp in December. This camp is located right down on the beach. There are low bushes, sand dunes and stony ground. |
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Go here to see Bustards of the world Text "Encyclopedia of Australian Animals-Birds" Terence R Lindsey |
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