Great Bustard · Otis tarda · Linnaeus, 1758

Map Legend

Unclassified

  • No subspecies specified
  • In background of another recording

Credits

Ranges shown based on BirdLife International and NatureServe (2011), now curated and maintained by Xeno-canto.

Other Resources

Note: Xeno-canto follows the IOC taxonomy. External sites may use a different taxonomy.

Seasonal occurrence

  • Resident
  • Breeding
  • Non-breeding
  • Passage
  • Uncertain

8 foreground recordings and 0 background recordings of Otis tarda . Total recording duration 4:29.

Results format:

Common name / Scientific Length Recordist Date Time Country Location Elev. (m) Type (predef. / other) Remarks Actions / Quality Cat.nr.
Great Bustard Otis tarda 2:11 Grzegorz Lorek 2024-07-11 12:45 Hungary Körös-Maros Nemzeti Park Igazgatóság Kőmagtári Tábla Állattartótelepe (near Dévaványa), Szeghalom Subregion, Békés County80alarm call, call

Bird recorded in captivity (special enclosure at Koros-Maros National Park). Female and male in one enclosure. Just after feeding. Recording from a distance ca. 1 m. No edit.

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Great Bustard Otis tarda 0:15 Lars Lachmann 2022-05-04 16:00 Germany Havelland (near Nennhausen), Brandenburg30call

Calls of a territorial female within a rehabilitation pen of birds within the area of occurrence of a population of wild birds. The female was currently breeding on a nearby clutch of eggs, but is habituated to people, which she regularly approaches when they come near the pen. The calls are interpreted as territorial calls of the breeding female and are said to be also heard from free-ranging birds in the area. They have been recorded from a distance of less than one metre.

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Great Bustard Otis tarda 0:23 Lars Lachmann 2022-05-04 16:00 Germany Havelland (near Nennhausen), Brandenburg30call

Calls of a territorial female within a rehabilitation pen of birds within the area of occurrence of a population of wild birds. The female was currently breeding on a nearby clutch of eggs, but is habituated to people, which she regularly approaches when they come near the pen. The calls are interpreted as territorial calls of the breeding female and are said to be also heard from free-ranging birds in the area. They have been recorded from a distance of less than one metre.

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Great Bustard Otis tarda 0:25 Lars Lachmann 2022-05-04 16:00 Germany Havelland (near Nennhausen), Brandenburg30call

Calls of a territorial female within a rehabilitation pen of birds within the area of occurrence of a population of wild birds. The female was currently breeding on a nearby clutch of eggs, but is habituated to people, which she regularly approaches when they come near the pen. The calls are interpreted as territorial calls of the breeding female and are said to be also heard from free-ranging birds in the area. They have been recorded from a distance of less than one metre.

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Great Bustard Otis tarda 0:13 Jarek Matusiak 2020-02-12 15:00 Austria Austria160flight call, wings[sono]discuss icon
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Great Bustard Otis tarda 0:10 João Tomás 2024-01-07 10:00 Spain Valencia de Don Juan (near San Román de los Oteros), León, Castilla y León800flight call

One group of 4 birds flying.

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Great Bustard Otis tarda 0:35 Lukas Pelikan 2019-02-26 09:00 Germany Jerichower Land (near Möckern), Sachsen-Anhalt100call

Multiple individuals calling on a lek (snoring sounds at ca 1-2 kHz, esp at 0:04); barely audible, as heard from a natural distance of 500 m. Recording filtered significantly in order to highlight the species’ calls.

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Great Bustard Otis tarda 0:15 Nelson Conceição 2023-02-24 12:23 Portugal São Marcos da Ataboeira, Castro Verde, Beja District200call

Editing: Audacity (High-pass filter 250Hz/6dB, sound normalized to -3dB).

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