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 |  | Scientific name: Ardeotis australis
Size: 80 - 100cm
Status: Vulnerable
Diet: Insects, small reptiles, small rodents and seeds.
Habitat: Open wooded grass plains with shrub.
Breeding: Usually only one egg layed is on the ground in Spring but whenever conditions are favourable.
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| | Australian Bustard
/Australian+Bustard/$File/Australian+Bustard.jpg) Due to perdition by foxes, feral cats and illegal hunting the Bustard numbers are declining. |