bird family - a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings

Gruiformes, order Gruiformes - inland marsh-dwelling birds with long legs and necks and bills that wade in water in search of food: cranes; rails; bustards

bustard - large heavy-bodied chiefly terrestrial game bird capable of powerful swift flight; classified with wading birds but frequents grassy steppes

genus Otis, Otis - type genus of the Otididae: European bustard

Choriotis, genus Choriotis - Australian bustard