Known by the Indigenous Australians as the 'bush turkey', the Australian bustard is one of the country's largest birds, and can stand more than a metre tall with a wingspan more than double that.

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the New South Wales government set out to survey where the brush turkey and the inland Australian bustard, also known as the plains turkey, might have survived. Legislation changes in the 1970s ...

“An Australian bustard (Ardeotis australis) takes to the sky as I was trying to get closer for a high-quality picture,” he says. “This bustard was on the roadside near a tiny little outback town named ...

The Australian bustard – the heaviest flying bird in Australia, weighing up to 14.5kg – was once described by Captain James Cook as “an excellent bird, far the best … that we have eat [sic ...

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Among the 330 species within a 70km radius you’ll find the comical-looking Australian bustard, elegant brolga (pictured), Asian dowitcher and the critically endangered far-eastern curlew ...

ldquo;Breeding bustards is not difficult, as has been proved in the case of the Kori Bustard and the Australian Bustard,” he added.