Great Indian Bustard

Ardeotis nigriceps (Vigors, 1831)

Otididae — Bustards

Great Indian Bustard Ardeotis nigriceps is a bustard that breeds in India, where it survives in scattered pockets across the country’s arid and semi-arid grasslands and open country. It is a large ground-dwelling bird with long bare legs and a horizontal build, and the black cap set against a pale head and neck makes it easy to pick out. Males are deep sandy buff and show a black breast band in the breeding season. The species is now confined to isolated areas after a major decline caused by hunting and loss of habitat.

Order
Otidiformes
Family
Otididae — Bustards
Breeding range
Oriental Region: India
Great Indian Bustard
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Tours where you can spot this bird

12 tours in India

West India Winter Birding Tour
West India Winter Birding Tour
India / New Delhi Private tour 14 days

A fourteen-day winter circuit from Chambal and Bharatpur through Rajasthan and Gujarat to western Maharashtra, combining wetlands, desert an...

West India Monsoon Birding Tour
West India Monsoon Birding Tour
India / Mumbai Private tour 11 days

A monsoon-season route through Maharashtra and Rajasthan for Forest Owlet, Lesser Florican, Great Indian Bustard and western India grassland...

Private 18-Day Rajasthan and Gujarat Desert Birding Expedition
Private 18-Day Rajasthan and Gujarat Desert Birding Expedition
India / Delhi Custom tour 18 days

An 18-day private expedition from Delhi through Rajasthan and Gujarat for bustards, desert specialists, coastal waders and western India's a...

20-Day Rajasthan & Gujarat Birding Tour with Nikhil Devasar
20-Day Rajasthan & Gujarat Birding Tour with Nikhil Devasar
India / New Delhi Custom tour 20 days

Twenty days across Rajasthan and Gujarat link the Great Indian Bustard search near Jaisalmer with Mount Abu and both the Little and Great Ra...

17-Day Western India Birding Tour with Nikhil Devasar
17-Day Western India Birding Tour with Nikhil Devasar
India / Mumbai Custom tour 17 days

A specialist Western India Birding Tour itinerary from Bird Tour India....

14-Day Gujarat Birdwatching Tour with Nikhil Devasar
14-Day Gujarat Birdwatching Tour with Nikhil Devasar
India / Ahmedabad Custom tour 14 days

A specialist Gujarat Birdwatching Tour itinerary from Bird Tour India....

Little Rann of Kutch Short Birding Tours
Little Rann of Kutch Short Birding Tours
India / Bhuj Private tour 5 days

A five-day loop from Ahmedabad spends three full days among the wetlands, salt flats and scrub of Gujarat’s Little Rann of Kutch....

Rajasthan and Kashmir Birding Tour
Rajasthan and Kashmir Birding Tour
India / Jaipur Private tour 10 days

Delhi – Jaipur – Ajmer - Sonkhaliya -Srinagar...

Gujarat Birding and Wildlife Tour
Gujarat Birding and Wildlife Tour
India / Bhuj Private tour 14 days

Ahmedabad - Velavadar - Gir National Park - Jamnagar - Great Rann of Kutch - Little Rann of Kutch - Ahmedabad...

Great Rann Of Kutch Short Birding Tours
Great Rann Of Kutch Short Birding Tours
India / Bhuj Private tour 5 days

Spend five days exploring the Great Rann of Kutch from Ahmedabad, with three full birding days across Gujarat’s salt-desert margins, Banni...

Rajasthan Birding Tour
Rajasthan Birding Tour
India / Jaipur Private tour 15 days

Delhi – Udaipur – Mount Abu - Jodhpur – Jaisalmer - Desert National Park - Phalodi – Khichan – Tal Chhapar - Sambhar Wildlife Sanc...

Fixed Departure Gujarat Birding and Wildlife Tour
Fixed Departure Gujarat Birding and Wildlife Tour
India / Bhuj Group tour 14 days

Ahmedabad - Velavadar - Gir National Park - Jamnagar - Great Rann of Kutch - Little Rann of Kutch - Ahmedabad...