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A video by Kruger shows a brawl between two big birds - a Secretary bird and a Kori Bustard. The video was shot by 25-year-old Ashlea Dennison, who was excited about the "super rare" encounter.
The 50th Kori Bustard chick Courtesy of Mehgan Murphy, National Zoo The National Zoo made a little history this month. On June 15, staff at the Bird House proudly watched a Kori Bustard chick poke ...
The largest flying bird by weight is the kori bustard, which lives in grasslands and savannas in eastern and southern Africa. Male kori bustards weigh between 24-42 pounds, and females are roughly ...
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But one you don't often expect is two fairly large birds, such as the Secretary Bird and a Kori Bustard - going at it in this manner. Ashlea Dennison, a 25-year-old dentistry student at Wits ...
The Bustard is known to prefer arid savannahs and areas with short grasses that allow them to see the full landscape. At the Zoo: Kori Bustards are found in the Bird House exhibit of Smithsonian's ...
A rare bird on the endangered species list is on the mend after swallowing a fish hook over the weekend at the National Zoo. Kori Bustard birds are known to eat anything in sight, including stuff ...
But none of these are quite so peculiar as the world's largest flying bird, the kori bustard. Male kori bustards weigh up to 40 pounds. As one might imagine, lugging that much weight around in mid ...
The heaviest bird capable of flight is the kori bustard, Ardeotis kori. These southern African birds can weigh up to 19 kilogrammes and have a wingspan of up to 2.75 metres. While they can fly, these ...
Today's heaviest flying bird, the 48-pound Kori Bustard, was a lightweight compared to dinosaur-era flying reptiles known as pterosaurs, according to a new study that presents a novel method for ...
Two kori bustard chicks hatched at the zoo in May. They will go on exhibit next month. (Jim and Pam Jenkins/National Zoo) The National Zoo’s Bird House has welcomed some new feathered friends ...