---
title: "Little Bustard"
description: "Tetrax tetrax — Birds. The little bustard (Tetrax tetrax) is a bird in the bustard family, the only member of the genus Tetrax."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/little-bustard
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Little Bustard

> Tetrax tetrax — Birds. The little bustard (Tetrax tetrax) is a bird in the bustard family, the only member of the genus Tetrax.

- Scientific name: *Tetrax tetrax*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Fields & meadows)
- iNaturalist observations: 2746
- Wikidata: [Q188601](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q188601)
- iNaturalist taxon: [132](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/132)

## Names

- en: Little Bustard
- de: Zwergtrappe
- es: Sisón común
- fr: Outarde canepetière
- it: Gallina prataiola
- nl: Kleine trap
- pt: Sisão
- pl: Strepet

## Countries with the most observations

ES (872), RU (772), FR (363), PT (214), KZ (104), GR (24), GE (16), UA (13), KG (11), IT (10), AZ (9), DZ (8)

## Summary

The little bustard (Tetrax tetrax) is a bird in the bustard family, the only member of the genus Tetrax. It breeds in Southern Europe and in Western and Central Asia.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_bustard

## Photo

![Little Bustard](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/little-bustard/medium.jpg)

Photo: Лариса Артемьева · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/77871168

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/little-bustard?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).