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2018-10-16
Southern Kyzylkum Bukhara region |
© Anna Danilova
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The male Macqueen's Bustard in breeding plumage have sandy with buff and grayish tinge upperparts with black-brownish spots. Over these colors there is barred pattern especially on wing coverts. The upper head is sandy-grey with the crest formed by long fluffed black and white feathers. 20 tail feathers are bright buffy with broad dim-black cross strips and white tips. The flight feathers are white in base with black-brownish tips. Chin and throat are pale-grey, craw is ashy. The neck-flanks have two black bands fluently changing over to flocks of fluffed black and white feathers about 15 cm in lenght; these feathers form the collar. Breast-bottom and belly are white. Legs are pale-grey, beak is brownish. Eyes are yellowish-brown. The adult female is similar to male but have shorter fluffed feathers on head and neck-flanks. Chin and neck are not plain but have brownish streaks. Young bird during its first year is distinguished from female by the pale-buffy tips of tail feathers and paler back. Already at autumn young birds have less shown black collar. Sizes: wing 345 – 425 mm, tail 194 – 225 mm. Weight: 1250 – 2220 gram.
"Птицы Казахстана" том 2, Алма-Ата, 1962.
