Bustards in the News

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

Rapid surveys in early 2023 identified important sites for the Little Bustard in Azerbaijan, where a geographic bottleneck funnels populations breeding to the north

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 Bustards have recently resumed breeding in the Tulek Valley Important Bird and Biodiversity Area of northern Kyrgyzstan, but encounter destruction of clutches during

“”So far, more than 60 pairs of great bustards have been found nesting and reproducing at the nature reserve. There are over 260 great

Sun Aihua, a member of the Beijing Municipal Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, has recommended establishing a seasonal protected area for

In western Crimea 70 Great Bustards were found poisoned with banned rodenticides. Krym.realii – Массовая гибель краснокнижных птиц произошла в Крыму Rossiiskaya Gazeta –

The center will be financed by the International Fund for Houbara Conservation. Houbara have been observed only three times in the wild in Kalmykia.

After a local man filmed a foreign hunting party attempting to hunt Houbara Bustards, he was found tortured and killed. Vice.com – He filmed