A scientific team of Saudi Wildlife Commission has concluded recently a field visit to Kazakhstan to follow up the migration of Houbara Bustard Birds and to conduct environmental studies on the birds which spend autumn and winter in the north of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and spring and summer in the south of Kazakhstan. The three-year program since the year 2011 shows that the birds migrate from the north of the Kingdom through Iraq, Iran, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan and settle in the south of Kazakhstan travelling every year more than 6,000 kilometers back and forth. Each trip for going and coming back takes about two weeks with speeds ranging between 50-70 kilometers per hour. They fly continuously for more than 400 kilometers at an altitude ranging between 1,000 -1500 meters. Prince Bandar bin Saud bin Mohammed, the Chairman of Saudi Wildlife Commission said that the Commission seeks in the future to expand the program of increasing and resettling Houbara Bustard Birds in suitable reserves in the Kingdom and to continue scientific studies that support this rare species of birds.
