Nubian bustard
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The Nubian bustard (Neotis nuba) is a species of bird in the bustard family. This is a medium-large bustard, found in the sparsely vegetated interface between the southern margins of the Sahara desert and the northern part of the Sahel. It is found in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, and Sudan. Its natural habitats are dry savanna and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland. Formerly common in this region, it is now very rare.[1]
Description
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Life history
Observation of breeding has occurred from July to October have been reported across the species' range.
Young birds and eggs are threatened by a wider range of predators, including mammalian carnivores and reptiles.
Conservation
Currently classified as Near Threatened by the IUCN, its main threats are hunting (particularly by wealthy Arab falconers) and habitat loss through overgrazing.[4][1][3][5] It is now very rare, and remains little-known; major declines were reported between surveys in the early 1970s and 2004,[1] and surveys across several hundred kilometres in Mauritania in 2012 failed to find any.[6] An uprating of its status to at least Vulnerable may be needed.[6]
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