Map 1: Schematic map of a Houbara breeding ground in Uzbekistan 
(Dates indicates a single occurence) 
O 25/04 
27/04 □ X 
CAMP 
27/04 24/04 
26/04 O 
□ □ 
27/04 n 
i/04 Q 
#*^26/04 O 
23/04 
26/M 
26/04 
0 27/04 
O Male 
• Displaying male 
O Houbara group 
□ Female & chicks 
□ Female n 
■ Nest 
,21/04 
0,7 km 
028/04 
O 28/04 
0 28/04 
0 28/04 
40 23 
OON 
63 45 46 47 
DOE 
48 
50 
51 
52 
53 
54 
0(21/04) 
1,8 km 
55 56 57 
grounds (B. Gubin «& E. Mukhina pers. comm.). From the information 
presented here a polygynous or promiscuous mating system seems 
the more likely but further data are needed to determine tiiis. 
Acknowledgements 
The study was sponsored by HH Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan and 
HH Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan. The authors also thank Mr 
Mohammed Al Bowardi and our colleagues at the National Avian Research 
Center for their support and Drs B. Gubin and E. Mukhina for their help dur- 
ing the expedition. 
References 
Ali, S. & Ripley, S.D. (1983) Handbook of the birds of India and Pakistan. 
Compact Edition. Oxford University Press. 
Collins, D.R. (1984) A study of the Canarian houbara (Chlamydotis undulata 
flier taventurae), with special reference to its behaviour and ecology. M. Phil. 
thesis. University of London. 
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