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Description
Grey crowned crane ( Balearica regulorum)

IUCN status: Endangered

Cites II/B

The Grey crowned crane is a member of the crane family and can be found in eastern and southern Africa. This crane is also the national bird of Uganda.

Appearance
The grey crowned crane is about 1 m (3.3 ft) tall, weighs 3.5 kg (7.7 lbs), and has a wingspan of 2 m (6.5 ft).The sexes are similar in appearance, although males tend to be slightly larger than the females.Young birds are greyer than adults, with a feathered buff face.

Behavior
The grey crowned crane has a breeding display involving dancing, bowing, and jumping. It has a booming call which involves inflation of the red gular sac. Both sexes dance, and immature birds join the adults. Dancing is an important part of courtship, but also may be done at any time of the year.

Diet and feeding
The Grey crowned crane is a omnivore, eating plants, seeds, grain, insects, frogs, worms, snakes, small fish and the eggs of aquatic animals. Stamping their feet as they walk, they flush out insects which are quickly caught and eaten. They spend their entire day looking for food. At night, the crowned crane spends its time in the trees sleeping and resting.

Breeding
Grey crowned cranes time their breeding season around the raining season. The grey crowned crane lays a clutch of 2-5 glossy, dirty-white eggs, which are incubated by both sexes. Chicks are can run as soon as they hatch, and fledge in 56–100 days. Grey crowned cranes have been seen to congregate in large numbers in a ceremony akin to a wedding when two chicks are being married off. The new couple dance for a while before flying off together to start a new family.

Status and conservation
Although the grey crowned crane remains common it faces threats to its habitat due to drainage, overgrazing, and pesticide pollution. Their global population is estimated to be between 58,000 and 77,000 individuals. In 2012 it was uplisted from vulnerable to endangered by the IUCN.

Specimen was captive raised (Aviary)
Killed by partner

Description
Grey crowned crane ( Balearica regulorum)

IUCN status: Endangered

Cites II/B

The Grey crowned crane is a member of the crane family and can be found in eastern and southern Africa. This crane is also the national bird of Uganda.

Appearance
The grey crowned crane is about 1 m (3.3 ft) tall, weighs 3.5 kg (7.7 lbs), and has a wingspan of 2 m (6.5 ft).The sexes are similar in appearance, although males tend to be slightly larger than the females.Young birds are greyer than adults, with a feathered buff face.

Behavior
The grey crowned crane has a breeding display involving dancing, bowing, and jumping. It has a booming call which involves inflation of the red gular sac. Both sexes dance, and immature birds join the adults. Dancing is an important part of courtship, but also may be done at any time of the year.

Diet and feeding
The Grey crowned crane is a omnivore, eating plants, seeds, grain, insects, frogs, worms, snakes, small fish and the eggs of aquatic animals. Stamping their feet as they walk, they flush out insects which are quickly caught and eaten. They spend their entire day looking for food. At night, the crowned crane spends its time in the trees sleeping and resting.

Breeding
Grey crowned cranes time their breeding season around the raining season. The grey crowned crane lays a clutch of 2-5 glossy, dirty-white eggs, which are incubated by both sexes. Chicks are can run as soon as they hatch, and fledge in 56–100 days. Grey crowned cranes have been seen to congregate in large numbers in a ceremony akin to a wedding when two chicks are being married off. The new couple dance for a while before flying off together to start a new family.

Status and conservation
Although the grey crowned crane remains common it faces threats to its habitat due to drainage, overgrazing, and pesticide pollution. Their global population is estimated to be between 58,000 and 77,000 individuals. In 2012 it was uplisted from vulnerable to endangered by the IUCN.

Specimen was captive raised (Aviary)
Killed by partner