Loic Poidevin / Black bellied bustard (Lissotis melanogaster) foraging in grass, Masai Mara, Kenya.

Loic Poidevin / Black bellied bustard (Lissotis melanogaster) foraging in grass, Masai Mara, Kenya.

Richard Du Toit / Black-bellied bustard (Lissotis melanogaster) Isimangaliso Wetland Park, KwaZulu-Natal Province; South Africa

Richard Du Toit / Black-bellied bustard (Lissotis melanogaster) calling silhouette, Itala Game Reserve, KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Black-bellied bustard (Lissotis melanogaster) standing in the grass, Grumeti Reserve, Northern Tanzania.

Charlie Summers / Black-bellied bustard (Eupodotis melanogaster melanogaster) preparing to call. Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania.

Ingo Waschkies / Black-bellied Bustard (Lissotis melanogaster), Masai Mara, Kenya

Martin Willis / Black-bellied Bustard (Lissotis melanogaster) male, Kruger National Park, South Africa

Christophe Courteau / Black-Bellied Bustard {Lissotis melanogaster} male, Okavango Delta, Botswana.

Roy Mangersnes / Male Black-bellied Bustard (Lissotis melanogaster) displaying, Central Kalahari, Botswana, November

Charlie Summers / Black-bellied bustard (Lissotis melanogaster) Serengeti, Tanzania.

Brent Stephenson / Male Black-bellied Bustard (Lissotis melanogaster) in profile. Kruger National Park, South Africa, January.