Great bustard
- Description
- The Great Bustard is the worldês heaviest flying bird. Bustards became extinct in England because their habitat was destroyed and Victorian collectors shot large numbers for sport. This specimen dates from about 1850 and comes from an unknown Somerset location.
- Accession Loan No.
- TTNCM : BS.47
- Collection Class
- Animals
- Common Name
- great bustard
- Simple Name
- animal remains
- Period Classification
- Modern (AD 1800-Present)
- Production Date
- 1850 (about)
- Material
- animal remains
- Collection County
- Somerset
- Collection Country
- England
- Collection Continent
- Europe
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Family
- Otididae
- Genus
- Otis
- Species
- tarda