Savile's Bustards live in dry Sahel scrub and open woodland. Males have a rufous tuft at the nape.
It has a large head, short neck and legs, and pale upperparts marked with black streaks and arrowhead shapes. Males have a rufous nape tuft; females have a white throat.
It is active by day and lives on the ground in scrub and around dried pools. Its diet is classified as omnivorous.
Both males and females have a black belly.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.