Great bustard it well camouflaged in open habitats. Immature birds resemble the female. The eastern subspecies ("O. t. dybowskii") is more extensively grey in colour in both sexes, with more extensive barring on the back. The great bustard has long legs, a long neck and a heavy, barrel-chested body. It is fairly typical of the family in its overall shape and habitat preferences. Three other bustard species overlap in range with this species: the Macqueen's ("Chlamydotis macqueenii"), houbara ("Chlamydotis undulata") and little bustards ("Tetrax tetrax"). However, none of these attains the plumage coloration nor approach the body sizes of this species. Thus,
Xylota tarda Xylota tarda Xylota tarda is a Palearctic species of hoverfly. External images For terms see Morphology of Diptera<br> Wing length 5·5-8·5 mm. Large red areas on black abdomen. Wing membrane not infuscated. Dorso-apical white bristle on metatarsus 1. Antero-dorsal pale hairs on the basal half of femur 3 uniform not longer than 1/4 the depth of femur. The male genitalia are figured by Hippa (1968). The larva is illustrated in colour by Rotheray (1994) ). See references for determination (but see Speight for contradiction) Palearctic Fennoscandia South to Spain. Northern Italy (Apennines) Slovenia. Ireland East through Central Europe into European