The great bustard stands up to a metre high and is one of the heaviest of flying land birds. Its population has been halved in the last 20 years, and its main remaining habitat is now threatened with irrigation development.
S. RUANO
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Forest and Bird, Issue 267, 1 February 1993, Page 6
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42The great bustard stands up to a metre high and is one of the heaviest of flying land birds. Its population has been halved in the last 20 years, and its main remaining habitat is now threatened with irrigation development. S. RUANO Forest and Bird, Issue 267, 1 February 1993, Page 6
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