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African Houbara

African Houbara - Chick

Photographer
Location
» Famara plains (Teguise), Lanzarote
Country image taken
» Canary Islands
Date
» January, 2000
Equipment
» Praktica BX 20 with 50 mm lens
Bird Species
»Chlamydotis undulata - African Houbara
Bird Species (French)
»Outarde houbara
Bird Family
Bird Group
Bird Status
» Near Threatened
Remarks
» In the Canaries only present at Fuerteventura, Lanzarote and La Graciosa. There are more birds on Lanzarote, where may be locally common. In any case, it is an endangered and protected bird with an endemic subspecies from the archipelago, Chlamydotis undulata fuertaventurae. The main threats on the species are the loss and degradation of its habitat and non-controlled presence of people walking within the breeding grounds. This image was obtained during the course of a Natural History documentary for the Canarian Government.

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