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    • Houbara Bustard in the World
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Houbara Bustard in the World

    Taxonomy

    The houbara bustard is an Otidiforme that belongs to the Otididae family. Two species of houbara bustard are currently recognized:

    – the Asian houbara, Chlamydotis macqueenii, from Sinai to China,

    – the North African houbara, Chlamydotis undulata, from north Mauritania to Egypt with a subspecies, Chlamydotis undulata fuertaventurae, endemic of the Canary Islands.

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