The Black Bustard is a small bustard of southwestern South Africa that uses low shrubland.
It is a small-bodied bustard.
It eats insects, small reptiles, seeds, and green shoots, and is described as sedentary.
Nests containing eggs have occasionally been found in wheat fields.
Males have a black neck and belly, a white ear patch, and black-and-brown barred upperparts. The bill is red and the legs bright yellow.
Females have a buff-brown head, neck, and breast, with black on the belly. Juveniles resemble females but have pale tips to the back and flight feathers.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.