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| Subspecies: | Unknown |
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| Est. World Population: | U |
| CITES Status: | NOT LISTED |
| IUCN Status: | Vulnerable |
| U.S. ESA Status: | NOT LISTED |
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| Jumping Ability: | (Horizontal) |
| Life Span: | in the Wild |
| Life Span: | in Captivity |
| Sexual Maturity: | (Females) |
| Sexual Maturity: | (Males) |
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Recent records come from only Niger and Chad (Collar and Wacher 2023). This species historically ranged from the Atlantic seaboard of Mauritania in the west through the Sahelian zone and, marginally, Saharan, in Mali, Niger, and Chad to Sudan in the east, mainly between 13° and 17°N (Collar 1996, Collar and Wacher 2023). Though populations were likely continuous in the past, there has been a lack of records from Mauritania, Mali and Sudan since 1984, early 1970s and late 1980s respectively where populations may now be greatly fragmented or entirely lost (Collar and Wacher 2023). It has been reported from the Tibesti Massif in the past, and while no bustards were seen during a 2023 survey of the area, the site is close to an outlying area of the 100–200 mm annual rainfall zone in which most records of the species occur (Collar and Wacher 2023).
Listed in CITES Appendix II. Occurs in the National Nature Reserve of Aïr and Ténéré (RNNAT) and National Nature Reserve of Termit and Tin-Toumma (RNNTT) in Niger and the Ouadi Rimé–Ouadi Achim Faunal Reserve (RFOROA) in Chad, however these are poorly managed.Conservation Actions Proposed
Regularly monitor the species at selected sites across its range to determine trends. Implement targeted programmes to minimise disturbance, persecution, and damage to habitat in the three key reserves (including the exclusion of powerlines; Silva et al. 2023), and improve local policing and stewardship (Collar and Wacher 2023). Develop further sites as reserves for this species (Collar and Wacher 2023).