A re-assessment of the status of the Great Bustard has been published by the global conservation authority, IUCN. Due to recent steep declines in
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New genome assembly for the Eastern Great Bustard
Researchers have published a high-quality genome assembly for the Eastern Great Bustard. These data shed light onto past population sizes, natural selection pressures, and
New Action Plan for Great Bustards in Asia on the agenda for CMS COP14
A new Action Plan for Great Bustards in Asia has been proposed by the Government of Mongolia for consideration at the 2024 Conference of
Extensive surveys of Little Bustard wintering in Azerbaijan
Rapid surveys in early 2023 identified important sites for the Little Bustard in Azerbaijan, where a geographic bottleneck funnels populations breeding to the north
CEPF Grant supports Transboundary Conservation of Great Bustards in Central Asia
The Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund will provide support for the project “Transboundary Conservation of the Great Bustard in Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan.” This work will
Important Great Bustard wintering grounds in Uzbekistan
A new publication [pdf] in the journal “Geography, Environment, Sustainability” highlights the importance of wintering grounds in Uzbekistan to the survival of the Central
Eastern Great Bustard migration routes mapped
New telemetry research maps the migration routes of male Eastern Great Bustards breeding in Dornod Aimag, eastern Mongolia into northeastern China. Researchers find that
Little Bustard resumes breeding in Kyrgyzstan
Little Bustards have recently resumed breeding in the Tulek Valley Important Bird and Biodiversity Area of northern Kyrgyzstan, but encounter destruction of clutches during
Multilingual Sandgrouse supplement now online
A new multilingual supplement to the Sandgrouse special issue on the Great Bustard in Central Asia (published in English) is now available. The special
First global review of bustard collisions with powerlines
“Bustards comprise a highly threatened family of birds and, being relatively fast, heavy fliers with very limited frontal visual fields, are particularly susceptible to