#0911 · 🐦 birds
Little Bustard
🇳🇱 Kleine Trap ·Tetrax tetrax
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Анна Голубева · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 2. © Анна Голубева · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 3. © Daniel Raposo · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © miguel_angel_berbegal · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © Daniel Raposo · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. © Blake Matheson · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. © Xavier Rufray · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. © Anton Mostovenko · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. © Marina Nikonorova · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. © Алексей Сизов · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
The little bustard ( Tetrax tetrax ) is a large bird in the bustard family, the only member of the genus Tetrax . The genus name is from Ancient Greek and refers to a gamebird mentioned by Aristophanes and others.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- Spotted 5 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 2,781 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Weighs only about 41 g.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Little Bustard
- Nederlands
- Kleine Trap
- scientific name
- Tetrax tetrax
- class
- Aves
- order
- Otidiformes
- family
- Otididae
- IUCN Red List
- NT · near threatened
- sightings in NL
- 5
- sightings in Europe
- 2,232
- sightings worldwide
- 2,781
- GBIF records in NL
- 3,062
- weight
- 41 g
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
IUCN in Dutch: gevoelig. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Otididae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 132, Wikidata Q188601, GBIF 5228228, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.