Northern cardinals, blue jays, American robins, and house sparrows are common birds in North American cities. These small, ...

"Africa's heaviest flying bird, the kori bustard, see it in action ... finally play an Italian in “Nonnas” despite being a 'foot taller than most' he knows This City Was Named the Most ...

Bustards are birds that come in a range of species, but the great bustard stands out among them because they're the heaviest of birds that can take flight. The great bustard, along with the kori ...

Kori bustards are the largest flying birds, according to the United Kingdom's Natural History Museum. They live in southern Africa and can weigh about 42 pounds. They have a 9-foot wingspan.

Why we love the display: These large birds were made for the limelight. Habitat: Kori Bustards are native to eastern and southern Africa. The Bustard is known to prefer arid savannahs and areas ...

The 50th Kori Bustard chick Courtesy of Mehgan Murphy, National Zoo The National Zoo made a little history this month. On June 15, staff at the Bird House proudly watched a Kori Bustard chick poke ...

Two kori bustard chicks hatched at the zoo in May. They will go on exhibit next month. (Jim and Pam Jenkins/National Zoo) The National Zoo’s Bird House has welcomed some new feathered friends.

This display was once common in the UK. But the great bustard – which shares the title of world’s heaviest flying bird with two cousins, the Kori bustard and the great Indian bustard ...

But none of these are quite so peculiar as the world's largest flying bird, the kori bustard. Male kori bustards weigh up to 40 pounds. As one might imagine, lugging that much weight around in ...

A biologist at Smithsonian's National Zoo holds two kori bustard chicks on June 26, 2007. The chicks, Pipe and Tuza, hatched at the zoo June 23 and 24. Kori bustards are the world's heaviest ...