Cranes
Black Crowned Crane
Balearica pavonina
The Black Crowned Crane (Balearica pavonina) is a 3.6 kg wetland bird that eats a bit of everything. It stays put all year.
- Family
- Cranes
- Order
- Gruiformes
- Weight
- 3.6 kg
- Habitat
- Wetland
- Diet
- Omnivore
- Migration
- Resident
- Countries recorded
- 26
Recorded in Senegal, Ethiopia, Gambia, Chad, Benin, Cameroon, United States, ZZ, Guinea-Bissau, Uganda, Kenya, Mauritania, Sudan, Niger, Nigeria, S. Sudan, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Germany, Tanzania, Rwanda, South Africa, United Arab Emirates, Spain, Mali, Burkina Faso, Sweden.
Where to see it: Zakouma NP (Chad); PN des Oiseaux du Djoudj (Senegal); Waza NP (Cameroon); PN Zakouma (Salamat Part) (Chad); SIL Centre (Chad).
