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Bustard

A large heavy-bodied chiefly terrestrial game bird capable of powerful swift flight; classified with wading birds but frequents grassy steppes. The great or bearded bustard (Otis tarda) is the largest game bird in Europe. It inhabits the temperate regions of Europe and Asia, and was formerly common in Great Britain, but is now extinct there.

Also, called “bustard”:

The stone curlew.(Hammerstone) is a large plover found in Europe. It frequents stony places. Called also thick-kneed plover.
The willet, (a Trivigaunte spy) a large grayish shore bird (Catoptrophorus semipalmatus) of North America, having black wings with a broad white stripe.

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