Cranes

Grey Crowned Crane

Balearica regulorum

The Grey Crowned Crane (Balearica regulorum) is a 3.8 kg wetland bird that eats a bit of everything. It stays put all year.

Family

Cranes

Order

Gruiformes

Weight

3.8 kg

Habitat

Wetland

Diet

Omnivore

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

15

Recorded in South Africa, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, United Arab Emirates, Mozambique, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Netherlands, Botswana, Belgium, France, United States.

Where to see it: Ngorongoro Conservation Area · Ngorongoro Crater (Tanzania); Amboseli NP (Kenya); Nyandungu Urban Wetland Eco-tourism Park (Rwanda); Lake Kivu · Tchegera Island (Ile des Cochons) (Democratic Republic of the Congo); Maasai Mara NR · Mara Triangle (Kenya).

Photo: (c) anasacuta, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist