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Kingdom: Animalia > Phylum: Chordata > Class: Aves > Order: Gruiformes > Family: Otididae > Genus: Otis > Species: Otis tarda

Great Bustard - Otis tarda Linnaeus, 1758

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Quick facts

Threat status Europe	Least Concern (IUCN)
EU Population status	Secure
Protected by	EU Birds Directive and 7 other international agreements
Natura 2000 sites	136 are designated for this species
Breeding habitats	cropland grassland
Natura 2000 species code	A129

Distribution

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Threat and EU population status

IUCN Red List status of threatened species

The IUCN Red List threat status assesses the risk of extinction.

World

Vulnerable

Europe

Least Concern

EU population status

The status of the population at the EU level was evaluated at the species level; this was based on the reports delivered by Member States under Article 12 of the Birds Directive (see fact sheet below). The EU status assessment can cover several subspecies/subspecific population units. For more information, please consult the species fact sheet and link below.

IUCN Red List Category

Not Evaluated	Near Threatened	Regionally Extinct
Not Applicable	Vulnerable	Extinct in the Wild
Data Deficient	Endangered	Extinct
Least Concern	Critically Endangered

Sources:

Population status categories for bird species under the Birds Directive

Secure

Near Threatened, declining or depleted

Threatened (i.e. vulnerable, endangered, critically endangered, regionally extinct)

Unknown or not evaluated

Natura 2000 sites

Protected in the following Natura 2000 sites

Sitecode	Country	Site name	Action
DE2948401	Germany	Schorfheide-Chorin	Map
DE3334401	Germany	Milde-Niederung/Altmark	Map
DE3339402	Germany	Niederung der Unteren Havel	Map
DE3341401	Germany	U. Rhinluch/Dreetzer See, Havell. Luch und Belziger Landschaftsw.	Map
DE3532401	Germany	Vogelschutzgebiet Drömling	Map
DE3639401	Germany	Vogelschutzgebiet Fiener Bruch	Map
DE3642401	Germany	Rietzer See	Map
DE3938401	Germany	Zerbster Land	Map
ES0000004	Spain	Lagunas de Villafáfila	Map
ES0000017	Spain	CUENCA DE GALLOCANTA	Map
ES0000033	Spain	Laguna de Fuente de Piedra	Map
ES0000068	Spain	Embalse de Orellana y Sierra de Pela	Map
ES0000069	Spain	Embalse de Cornalvo y Sierra Bermeja	Map
ES0000071	Spain	Llanos de Cáceres y Sierra de Fuentes	Map
ES0000119	Spain	Carrizales y sotos de Aranjuez	Map
ES0000136	Spain	ESTEPAS DE BELCHITE - EL PLANERÓN - LA LOMAZA	Map
ES0000139	Spain	Estepas cerealistas de los ríos Jarama y Henares	Map
ES0000142	Spain	Cortados y cantiles de los ríos Jarama y Manzanares	Map
ES0000153	Spain	Área esteparia del este de Albacete	Map
ES0000154	Spain	Zona esteparia de El Bonillo	Map
ES0000157	Spain	Campo de Calatrava	Map
ES0000158	Spain	Áreas esteparias del Campo de Montiel	Map
ES0000161	Spain	Laguna de El Hito	Map
ES0000167	Spain	Estepas cerealistas de La Campiña	Map
ES0000168	Spain	Llanuras de Oropesa, Lagartera y Calera y Chozas	Map
ES0000170	Spain	Área esteparia de La Mancha norte	Map
ES0000180	Spain	ESTEPAS DE MONEGRILLO Y PINA	Map
ES0000181	Spain	LA RETUERTA Y SALADAS DE SÁSTAGO	Map
ES0000194	Spain	Oteros-Campos	Map
ES0000196	Spain	Estepas de Yecla	Map
ES0000201	Spain	Camino de Santiago	Map
ES0000203	Spain	Altos de Barahona - ZEPA	Map
ES0000204	Spain	Tierra de Campiñas	Map
ES0000207	Spain	Penillanuras-Campos Sur	Map
ES0000208	Spain	Llanuras del Guareña	Map
ES0000209	Spain	Tierra del Pan	Map
ES0000215	Spain	Oteros-Cea	Map
ES0000216	Spain	La Nava-Campos Sur	Map
ES0000217	Spain	Penillanuras-Campos Norte	Map
ES0000255	Spain	Páramo de Layna - ZEPA	Map
ES0000295	Spain	SIERRA DE ALCUBIERRE	Map
ES0000302	Spain	PARAMERAS DE BLANCAS	Map
ES0000304	Spain	PARAMERAS DE CAMPO VISIEDO	Map
ES0000325	Spain	Campiña sur - Embalse de Arroyo Conejos	Map
ES0000332	Spain	Llanos de Trujillo	Map
ES0000333	Spain	Llanos de Zorita y Embalse de Sierra Brava	Map
ES0000356	Spain	Riberos del Almonte	Map
ES0000357	Spain	Altos Campos de Gómara	Map
ES0000359	Spain	Campos de Alba	Map
ES0000362	Spain	La Nava-Rueda	Map
ES0000365	Spain	Páramo Leonés	Map
ES0000367	Spain	La Serena y Sierras Periféricas	Map
ES0000369	Spain	Llanos de Alcantara y Brozas	Map
ES0000398	Spain	Llanos y Complejo Lagunar de la Albuera	Map
ES0000399	Spain	Embalse del Zujar	Map
ES0000400	Spain	Arrozales de Palazuelo y Guadalperales	Map
ES0000407	Spain	Nacimiento del Río Gevora	Map
ES0000408	Spain	Vegas del Ruecas, Cubilar y Moheda Alta	Map
ES0000418	Spain	Embalse de Talaván	Map
ES0000425	Spain	Magasca	Map
ES0000426	Spain	Pinares de Garrovillas	Map
ES4140036	Spain	La Nava-Campos Norte	Map
ES4310004	Spain	Dehesas de Jerez	Map
ES6180002	Spain	Complejo Endorreico de La Lantejuela	Map
GR1110006	Greece	DELTA EVROU	Map
GR1220010	Greece	DELTA AXIOU - LOUDIA - ALIAKMONA - ALYKI KITROUS	Map
HUBN10002	Hungary	Borsodi-sík	Map
HUBN10004	Hungary	Hevesi-sík	Map
HUFH10004	Hungary	Mosoni-sík	Map
HUHN10002	Hungary	Hortobágy	Map
HUHN10003	Hungary	Bihar	Map
HUHN10005	Hungary	Jászság	Map
HUKM10002	Hungary	Kis-Sárrét	Map
HUKM10003	Hungary	Dévaványai-sík	Map
HUKM10004	Hungary	Hódmezővásárhely környéki és csanádi-háti puszták	Map
HUKN10001	Hungary	Felső-kiskunsági szikes puszták és turjánvidék	Map
HUKN10002	Hungary	Kiskunsági szikes tavak és az őrjegi turjánvidék	Map
HUKN30003	Hungary	Izsáki Kolon-tó	Map
IT1110079	Italy	La Mandria	Map
IT3320037	Italy	Laguna di Marano e Grado	Map
IT3330005	Italy	Foce dell'Isonzo - Isola della Cona	Map
IT9220144	Italy	Lago S. Giuliano e Timmari	Map
PTZPE0043	Portugal	Campo Maior	Map
PTZPE0045	Portugal	Mourão/Moura/Barrancos	Map
PTZPE0046	Portugal	Castro Verde	Map
PTZPE0047	Portugal	Vale do Guadiana	Map
SKCHVU029	Slovakia	Syslovske polia	Map
ES4250010	Spain	Humedales de La Mancha	Map
DE3840421	Germany	Hoher Fläming	Map
ES4310010	Spain	La Serena	Map
BG0002009	Bulgaria	Zlatiyata	Map
BG0002020	Bulgaria	Radinchevo	Map
ES4250009	Spain	Yesares del valle del Tajo	Map
ES3110001	Spain	Cuencas de los ríos Jarama y Henares	Map
DE3640421	Germany	Fiener Bruch	Map
ES6150010	Spain	Andévalo Occidental	Map
ES3110006	Spain	Vegas, cuestas y páramos del sureste de Madrid	Map
DE3341301	Germany	Mühlenberg Nennhausen	Map
ES6130012	Spain	Río Zújar	Map
PTCON0007	Portugal	S. Mamede	Map
DE3242421	Germany	Rhin-Havelluch	Map
ES2200037	Spain	Bardenas Reales	Map
ES0000390	Spain	San Clemente	Map
ES4240005	Spain	Lagunas de Puebla de Beleña	Map
IT3250043	Italy	Garzaia della tenuta "Civrana"	Map
DE2751421	Germany	Randow-Welse-Bruch	Map
ES4240023	Spain	Lagunas y parameras del Señorío de Molina	Map
PTCON0030	Portugal	Caia	Map
ES2200031	Spain	Yesos de la Ribera Estellesa	Map
ES5213054	Spain	Els Alforins	Map
ES6150020	Spain	Arroyo del Alamillo	Map
DE3542421	Germany	Mittlere Havelniederung	Map
ES6180005	Spain	Corredor Ecológico del Río Guadiamar	Map
ES4250005	Spain	Montes de Toledo	Map
ROSPA0097	Romania	Pescăria Cefa - Pădurea Rădvani	Map
GR1420011	Greece	PERIOCHI THESSALIKOU KAMPOU	Map
ES0000455	Spain	Els Alforins (ZEPA)	Map
ES0000435	Spain	Área esteparia de la margen derecha del río Guadarrama	Map
ES0000452	Spain	Meca-Mugrón-San Benito	Map
ES6130017	Spain	Alto Guadiato	Map
ES6180017	Spain	Campiñas de Sevilla	Map
PTZPE0059	Portugal	Torre da Bolsa	Map
PTZPE0057	Portugal	Cuba	Map
PTZPE0051	Portugal	Monforte	Map
PTZPE0052	Portugal	Veiros	Map
PTZPE0053	Portugal	Vila Fernando	Map
PTZPE0056	Portugal	Reguengos	Map
PTZPE0055	Portugal	Évora	Map
PTZPE0058	Portugal	Piçarras	Map
ES0000436	Spain	A Limia	Map
AT1213V00	Austria	Sandboden und Praterterrasse	Map
AT1126129	Austria	Waasen - Hanság	Map
AT1209000	Austria	Westliches Weinviertel	Map
AT1125129	Austria	Parndorfer Platte - Heideboden	Map
BG0002115	Bulgaria	Bilo	Map
ES0000539	Spain	MONTES DE ALFAJARÍN Y SASO DE OSERA	Map

Protected sites

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Legal status

Mentioned in the following international legal instruments and agreements

Legal text	Annex	Conditions	More information
Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, of 30 November 2009, on the conservation of wild birds (EU Birds Directive)	Annex I: Species that shall be the subject of special conservation measures concerning their habitat in order to ensure their survival and reproduction in their area of distribution. Member States shall classify territories as special protection areas for the conservation of these species.		http://ec.europa.eu/environm...rective/index_en.htm
Convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats (Bern Convention)	Annex II: strictly protected fauna species (All species of Otididae)		http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/cul.../bern/default_en.asp
	Revised Annex I of Resolution 6 (1998) of the Bern Convention listing the species requiring specific habitat conservation measures (year of revision 2011)		https://wcd.coe.int/ViewDoc....ckColorLogged=FDC864 Resolution No. 6 (1998) of the Bern Convention lists the species requiring specific habitat conservation measures [and the designation of Areas of Special Conservation Interest (ASCIs) forming for the Emerald network]
Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals. (Bonn Convention)	Annex I: migratory species which are endangered and must be protected by Parties	Middle-European population	http://www.cms.int/
	Annex II: migratory species which have an unfavourable conservation status and which require international agreements for their conservation and management, as well as those which have a conservation status which would significantly benefit from the international co-operation that could be achieved by an international agreement.
Memorandum of Understanding on the Conservation and Management of the Middle-European Population of the Great Bustard (Otis tarda) - under Bonn Convention (GBustard)	Otis tarda		http://www.cms.int/great-bustard/
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)	Annex II: (a) all species which, although not necessarily now threatened with extinction, may become so unless trade in specimens of such species is subject to strict regulation in order to avoid utilization incompatible with their survival; and (b) other species which must be subject to regulation in order that trade in specimens of certain species referred to in sub-paragraph (a) of this paragraph may be brought under effective control.		http://www.cites.org/eng
Commission regulation (EU) No 1320/2014, of 1 December 2014, amending Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 on the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade therein (EU regulation of trade of fauna and flora)	Annex A includes: All CITES Appendix I species, except where EU Member States have entered a reservation; Some CITES Appendix II and III species, for which the EU has adopted stricter domestic measures; Some non-CITES species		http://ec.europa.eu/environm...s/legislation_en.htm

Common names and synonyms

Common Name	Language	Reference
Abetarda	Portuguese	EC-DGXI.d2, ETC/NC
Abetarda-comum	Portuguese	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Avutarda	Spanish	EC-DGXI.d2, ETC/NC
Avutarda Común	Spanish	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Drop	Polish	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Drop velký	Czech	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Grande Outarde	French	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Great Bustard	English	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Großtrappe	German	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Grote Trap	Dutch	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Isotrappi	Finnish	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Otarda	Italian	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Outarde barbue	French	EC-DGXI.d2, ETC/NC
Stortrapp	Swedish	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Stortrappe	Danish	EC-DGXI.d2, ETC/NC
Túzok	Hungarian	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.

Synonym	Author
All species of Otididae

Other resources

Bird action plan
CoL (accepted name)	Catalogue of Life
EBCC Atlas of breeding birds	European Bird Census Council's Atlas of Breeding Birds
EURing code:04460	European bird-ringing
EoL	Encyclopedia of Life
Fauna Europaea	Fauna Europaea
GBIF	Global Biodiversity Information Facility
ITIS (Valid name)	Interagency Taxonomic Information System
NCBI search	National Center for Biotechnology Information
PESI (Accepted)	Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure
Species+	Species+ by UNEP-WCMC
Wikipedia	Wikipedia

External data

Population distribution from "Birds in Europe" editions 1 and 2

These publications present a thorough and detailed review of the conservation status of European birds. Based on detailed breeding and wintering population data collected in each country, the report provides a review of the population sizes and trends of Species of European Conservation Concern.

38 items found, displaying all items.1

Country	Biogeographic region	Min / Max (Units)	Period	Status	Quality	Source	Published
Austria		74/140 (individuals)	1998-2002	Breeding	Species poorly known, with no quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Austria		200/250 (individuals)	2001-2002	Wintering	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Austria		50/60 (individuals)	1993	Breeding	Reliable quantitative data (e.g. atlas survey or monitoring data, etc.) are available for the whole period and region in question	Birds in Europe 1 (1970-1990)	1994-01-01
Azerbaijan		0/50 (individuals)	1996-2002	Wintering	Reliable quantitative data (e.g. atlas survey or monitoring data, etc.) are available for the whole period and region in question	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Bulgaria		0/10 (individuals)	1995-2002	Breeding	Reliable quantitative data (e.g. atlas survey or monitoring data, etc.) are available for the whole period and region in question	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Czech Republic		0/6 (individuals)	1990-2000	Wintering	Species poorly known, with no quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Czech Republic		1/10 (individuals)	2000	Breeding	Species poorly known, with no quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Czech Republic	Continental	7/13 (individuals)	-	Breeding	Reliable quantitative data (e.g. atlas survey or monitoring data, etc.) are available for the whole period and region in question	Birds in Europe 1 (1970-1990)	1994-01-01
Germany		73/95 (individuals)	1995-1999	Breeding	Species poorly known, with no quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Germany		150/150 (individuals)	-	Breeding	Reliable quantitative data (e.g. atlas survey or monitoring data, etc.) are available for the whole period and region in question	Birds in Europe 1 (1970-1990)	1994-01-01
Greece		2/2 (individuals)	2000	Wintering	Reliable quantitative data (e.g. atlas survey or monitoring data, etc.) are available for the whole period and region in question	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Hungary		500/1200 (individuals)	1990-2003	Wintering	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Hungary		1100/1200 (individuals)	1998-2002	Breeding	Species poorly known, with no quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Hungary	Pannonian	1000/1200 (individuals)	1991	Breeding	Reliable quantitative data (e.g. atlas survey or monitoring data, etc.) are available for the whole period and region in question	Birds in Europe 1 (1970-1990)	1994-01-01
Moldova, Republic of		0/0 (individuals)	1996-2000	Breeding	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Moldova, Republic of		2/3 (individuals)	1988	Breeding	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 1 (1970-1990)	1994-01-01
Poland		0/0 (individuals)	-	Breeding	Reliable quantitative data (e.g. atlas survey or monitoring data, etc.) are available for the whole period and region in question	Birds in Europe 1 (1970-1990)	1994-01-01
Portugal		500/1500 (individuals)	2002	Breeding	Reliable quantitative data (e.g. atlas survey or monitoring data, etc.) are available for the whole period and region in question	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Portugal		500/700 (individuals)	1989	Breeding	Reliable quantitative data (e.g. atlas survey or monitoring data, etc.) are available for the whole period and region in question	Birds in Europe 1 (1970-1990)	1994-01-01
Romania		0/2 (individuals)	1990-2000	Wintering	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Romania		0/5 (individuals)	1990-2002	Breeding	Reliable quantitative data (e.g. atlas survey or monitoring data, etc.) are available for the whole period and region in question	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Romania		10/15 (individuals)	-	Breeding	Reliable quantitative data (e.g. atlas survey or monitoring data, etc.) are available for the whole period and region in question	Birds in Europe 1 (1970-1990)	1994-01-01
Russian Federation		5500/8000 (individuals)	1995-2000	Breeding	Species poorly known, with no quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Russian Federation		10000/11000 (individuals)	-	Breeding	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 1 (1970-1990)	1994-01-01
Serbia and Montenegro		30/42 (individuals)	1990-2002	Wintering	Species poorly known, with no quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Serbia and Montenegro		30/36 (individuals)	2000-2002	Breeding	Species poorly known, with no quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Slovakia		8/16 (individuals)	2000-2003	Breeding	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Slovakia		20/100 (individuals)	1990-1999	Wintering	Species poorly known, with no quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Slovakia		25/40 (individuals)	-	Breeding	Reliable quantitative data (e.g. atlas survey or monitoring data, etc.) are available for the whole period and region in question	Birds in Europe 1 (1970-1990)	1994-01-01
Slovenia		Present/Present (individuals)	1990-2000	Wintering	Reliable quantitative data (e.g. atlas survey or monitoring data, etc.) are available for the whole period and region in question	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Spain		23000/23000 (individuals)	1998-2002	Breeding	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Spain		13500/14000 (individuals)	1987-1989	Breeding	Reliable quantitative data (e.g. atlas survey or monitoring data, etc.) are available for the whole period and region in question	Birds in Europe 1 (1970-1990)	1994-01-01
Turkey		500/1000 (individuals)	2001	Breeding	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Turkey		400/1200 (individuals)	1991-2001	Wintering	Reliable quantitative data (e.g. atlas survey or monitoring data, etc.) are available for the whole period and region in question	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Turkey		145/4000 (individuals)	-	Breeding	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 1 (1970-1990)	1994-01-01
Ukraine		3000/8000 (individuals)	1995-2000	Wintering	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Ukraine		500/720 (individuals)	1990-2000	Breeding	Species poorly known, with no quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Ukraine		300/500 (individuals)	-	Breeding	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 1 (1970-1990)	1994-01-01

Source: BirdLife International

Population trends from "Birds in Europe" editions 1 and 2