African houbara

Its diet category is omnivore, and it lays one clutch per year of 2.5 eggs, which are incubated for 23.5 days. The IUCN Red List classifies it as Vulnerable, a threatened category, and its geographic range covers 3,413,000 km².

Weight

1.15 kg – 1.96 kgsrc for Weight

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

12.5 yearssrc for Lifespan

Diet

Omnivoresrc for Diet

Longest recorded lifespan

15 years

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

desertsrc for Habitat

Egg incubation

23.5 dayssrc for Egg incubation

Young per litter or clutch

2.4 – 2.5src for Young per litter or clutch

Age at maturity

17.9 monthssrc for Age at maturity

Litters or clutches a year

1src for Litters or clutches a year

Lifestyle

Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle

Migration

Sedentarysrc for Migration

Conservation status

Vulnerable (IUCN)src for Conservation status

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

The African houbara is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List: it faces a high risk of extinction in the wild.

1. LCLeast Concern
2. NTNear Threatened
3. VUVulnerable
4. ENEndangered
5. CRCritically Endangered
6. EWExtinct in the Wild
7. EXExtinct

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1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classAves
4. orderOtidiformes
5. familyOtididae
6. genusChlamydotis
7. SpeciesChlamydotis undulata (Jacquin, 1784)

Synonyms Otis houbara, Otis oubara, Otis undulata, Psophia undulata

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

VU, Vulnerable

Asian houbara

Chlamydotis macqueenii

Otididae

CompareAfrican houbara vs Asian houbara

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@misc{african_houbara_2026,
  title = {African houbara (Chlamydotis undulata)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/african-houbara},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}