A very large bustard with a crested head, native to sub-Saharan Africa.
Ardeotis kori, family Otididae
Example sentencesExamples
- I confess to the herder that I don't really know what a houbara looks like, having only encountered the kori bustard of the savannah.
- The great bustard ranks alongside the kori bustard and mute swan as the world's heaviest flying birds.