Wattled Crane

At a height of up to 175 cm , it is the largest crane in Africa and is the second tallest species of crane, after the Sarus Crane. The wingspan is 230-260 cm , the length is typically 120 cm and weight is 6.4-7.9 kg in females, 7.5-9 kg in males. The back and wings are ashy gray. The feathered portion of the head is dark slaty gray above the eyes and on the crown, but is otherwise white, including the wattles, which are almost fully feathered and hang down from under the upper throat. The breast, primaries, secondaries, and tail coverts are black. The secondaries are long and nearly reach the ground. The upper breast and neck are white all the way to the face. The skin in front of the eye extending to the base of the beak and tip of the wattles is red and bare of feathers and covered by small round wart-like bumps. Wattled Cranes have long bills and black legs and toes. Males and females are virtually indistinguishable, although males tend to be slightly larger.

The Wattled Crane is classified as Vulnerable (VU), considered to be facing a high risk of extinction in the wild.

The Wattled Crane, Bugeranus carunculatus is a large bird found in Africa south of the Sahara Desert. It is monotypical for its genus. At a height of up to 175 cm (nearly 6 feet), it is the largest crane in Africa and is the second tallest species of crane, after the Sarus Crane. The wingspan is 230-260 cm (90-102 in), the length is typically 120 cm (47 in) and weight is 6.4-7.9 kg (14-17.6 lbs) in females, 7.5-9 kg (16.5-20 lbs) in males. More

The Wattled Crane Recovery Programme is a conservation initiative aimed at preventing local extinction of the Wattled Crane through the collection of abandoned eggs from wild birds and the subsequent release of captive-reared chicks back into the wild. - The Plight of the Wattled Crane * The Wattled Crane is one of 5 critically endangered bird species in South Africa. More

Wattled Cranes have long bills and black legs and toes. Males and females are virtually indistinguishable although males tend to be slightly larger. Juveniles have tawny body plumage, lack the bare skin on the face, and have less prominent wattles. Download FREE Wattled Crane images. Range: The Wattled Crane occurs in eleven sub-Saharan countries in Africa, including an isolated population in the highlands of Ethiopia. More than half of the world's Wattled Cranes occur in Zambia. More

Wattled Cranes have long bills and black legs and toes. Males and females are virtually indistinguishable, although males tend to be slightly larger. Juveniles have tawny body plumage, lack the bare skin on the face, and have less prominent wattles. More

Habitat: The Wattled Crane is the most wetland dependent of Africa's cranes. More

The endangered Wattled Crane is endemic to Africa and ranges across eleven countries from Ethiopia to South Africa. Wattled Cranes are the most wetland-dependent of Africa's cranes. The majority of Wattled Cranes occur in the extensive floodplain systems ... More

The Wattled Crane is the largest and rarest of the six crane species that occur in Africa. There are no subspecies. Three main populations are recognized. Most are found in south-central Africa. Smaller populations are found in Ethiopia and South Africa. Over the last several decades, the species has been declining over much of its range. More

The Wattled Crane occurs in eleven sub-Saharan countries in Africa, including an isolated population in the highlands of Ethiopia. More than half of the world’s Wattled Cranes occur in Zambia, but the single largest concentration occurs in the Okavango Delta of Botswana. Wattled Cranes are thought to have historically ranged over a much larger area including coastal West Africa. All cranes are omnivorous. More

The claim to fame of the Wattled Crane is that not only is it the largest and rarest of Africa's cranes but also the most wetland-dependant crane on Earth. Restricted to the African continent, the main subpopulation is found in Zimbabwe, Botswana, Angola, Zaire, Tanzania and Zambia while the other two subpopulations reside in Ethiopa and South Africa respectively. More

Side view of a wattled crane in flight Side view of a wattled crane in flightPrint factsheet Facts - Synonyms: Bugeranus carunculatus French: Grue Caronculée Spanish: Grulla Carunculada, Grulla Zarzo Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Class Aves Order Gruiformes More

census of Wattled Cranes in the Okavango Delta in August, 2001. This revealed that the Okavango Delta has the largest single population of Wattled Cranes in Africa – approximately 1,300 birds in total. During the survey, over 50 Wattled Crane nests were found and monitored over a two-month period to determine hatching success and chick survival rates. More

of Wattled Cranes in Namibia (Simmons et al. 2001). No breeding has ever been recorded however. The Namibian population is estimated at about 300 birds based on the figures above but this probably fluctuates as birds leave the ephemerally flooded pan systems in northeastern Namibia as they dry out in late winter and flood again with local rains in summer (Hines 1993). More

One of the largest of the cranes, the Wattled crane is pale grey with a long white neck, black cap, bare red facial skin and white feathered pendant wattles on the throat. Elongated inner secondary wing feathers look like a long tail. The Wattled crane is a threatened species, with only several thousand pairs left. Its main habitat is extensive open wetlands and open grasslands. It will form flocks, often preferring to join other birds and grazing mammals, and is nomadic in response to flood and drought cycles. More

The Wattled Crane is one of the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA) applies. - Juyona, jhm, maurydv, roges, hansh, horias, siggi, Heaven, boreocypriensis, marianas, smitha, Mello, nasokoun, Noisette, Argus, anemone, saeedabbasi, zulfu, jusninasirun, Miss_Piggy, CeltickRanger marcou esta nota como útil Only registered TrekNature members may rate photo notes. Adicionar Critique Apenas registered os membros registados no TrekNature podem escrever críticas. More

The wattled crane is the largest and rarest of the six species of crane in Africa (6). The breast and neck are white and the underparts are black. Hanging below the dark face are long wattles that bear white feathers and earn the species its common name (2). These wattles become elongated when the bird is aggressive and shrink when the bird is threatened (7). Wattled cranes are usually quiet birds. Their calls are high-pitched and include a far-carrying kwaamk bugle-call (7) (2). More

The Wattled Crane is an elegant bird with white head and neck and two pendulous ‘wattles’ on either side of the beak. It is large enough to be conspicuous from the air, but the major obstacle to be overcome by the BirdLife team in finding this bird is the vastness of the Delta – over 15,000 square kilometres of pristine wilderness to be surveyed. More

The wattled crane is a large bird with a long white neck, gray body, black undersides and bare red face with a black “cap.” Its name comes from the white wattles that dangle from its throat. The crane’s secondary, inner wing feathers are elongated, and look like a tail when the crane is standing. It is mostly found in south-central Africa. More

A wattled crane chick hatched at the Zoo's Bird House on March 30, 2007, a first in the Zoo's history. At six feet tall, the wattled crane is the largest of Africa's six crane species. It is also the continent's rarest. It can be found in 11 sub-Saharan countries in Africa. Zambia is home to about half of the total estimated population of about 8,000 individuals. The largest concentration occurs in Botswana's Okavango Delta. Wattled cranes are omnivorous. More

The wattled crane is named for the twin flaps of feathered skin (or wattles) hanging from each side of its throat. This large bird lives in shallow wetlands, where it digs in the mud for plants, insects, snakes and frogs. Both males and females cooperate in building a grass nest, sitting on the egg and raising their single chick. Wetland draining has made this the most threatened crane species. More