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,
Barugh (Great and Little) are 65 to 74 years old. The average age of a resident of Barugh is 45. According to the 2011 census 51% people lived in detached houses in Barugh with house prices averaging at £349,950. Little Barugh contains fewer houses altogether, many of them being holiday cottages. Housing in Barugh is classed as semi-detached and detached. It is described as a village surrounded by sparsely populated countryside. There are currently 2 bus routes which go through both Little and Great Barugh. The nearest railway station is 7 miles away at Malton. The graph on the right shows yearly average high