bethalan wrote:
> It's just called [HubArA] "hubara"
Huba:ra" (the final alif is alif maqsura)
acc. to an enc. of Natural Sciences (Beirut) Huba:ra" is sometimes
used as a general word for "bustard" in which case this particular one
is called a Huba:ra" mutawwaja(t) "crowned Hubara"
Yusuf B Gursey
> and a newly born chick of that species is called [yaHbUr] "yahboor"
> "Will" <williamrichter@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> Hi--
>
> Does anyone know the Arabic name for the desert bird called, in
> English, the Houbara Bustard?
>
> Thanks
