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African Houbara

African Houbara - Nest with eggs

Photographer

» Ruben Barone Tosco

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

»Otididae - Bustards

Bird Group

»Otidiformes Bustards

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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