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,
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