It is great Indian bustard, a bird native to the Indian Subcontinent. It prefers open grasslands.
It has a large body and long legs. The black crown on the forehead is among its unique features. It is among the heaviest flying birds.
Its diet includes a wide range of things – grass, seeds, insects such as grasshoppers and beetles, and sometimes small rodents and reptiles.
With less than 200 individuals left in the wild, it is considered critically endangered.
Great Indian bustards are tall birds with long legs and a long neck; the tallest individuals may stand up to 1.2 metres (4 feet) tall. The sexes are roughly the same size, with the largest individuals weighing 15 kg (33 pounds). Males and females are distinguished by the colour of their feathers. Feathers on the top of the head are black in males, which also possess a whitish neck, breast, and underparts, along with brown wings highlighted by black and gray markings. Males also have a small, narrow band of black feathers across the breast. In contrast, females possess a smaller black crown on the top of the head, and the black breast band is either discontinuous or absent.
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