Savile's Bustard

Adults have short thin necks and legs, with a large head. The top of head and lower fore-neck are grey with a black streak centrally located on the chin and a small white shoulder strap on each side of the base neck. The upper parts of the bird are pale with black streaks and arrowhead markings. Bill is yellowish, the culmen brownish, the iris pale clayey specked with feet a yellowish clayey colour. Wings are 10 inches 10 inches (25 cm) and tail approximately 5 inches (13 cm). Voice: Savile's bustard has a clear and distinctive call, sounding like a whistled 'tuit thit'. Males during display produce a short whistled note followed by a series of short whistles, which often accelerate, tuit! tutututututututut or thut thut-thut-thut-thutututututut. They can also produce a series of frog-like notes in the same rhythm.