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Little Bustard

Tetrax tetrax

Classification

Class
Aves
Family
Otididae

The little bustard (Tetrax tetrax) is a bird in the bustard family, the only member of the genus Tetrax. It breeds in Southern Europe and in Western and Central Asia. Taxonomy The little bustard was formally described in 1758 by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in the tenth edition of his Systema Naturae.

Distribution

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Spain · 12,132France · 9,487Switzerland · 13Italy · 9Germany · 1