Cranes (Gruidae)
Black Crowned Crane (Balearica pavonina) - HBW 3, p. 83
French: Grue couronnée
German: Kronenkranich
Spanish: Grulla Coronada Cuellinegra
Other common names: Dark Crowned Crane; West African Crowned Crane (pavonina); Sudan Crowned Crane (ceciliae)
Taxonomy: Ardea pavonina Linnaeus, 1758, Cape Verde, Senegal.
Formerly considered conspecific with B. regulorum, with species labelled as B. pavonina or sometimes, incorrectly, as B. regulorum; but differences revealed by electrophoresis, together with those in vocalizations, bare parts and plumage, advocate recognition of two species constituting a superspecies. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- pavonina (Linnaeus, 1758) - scattered populations in sub-Saharan W Africa from Senegambia to L Chad.
- ceciliae Mitchell, 1904 - sub-Saharan Africa from Chad to Sudan, Ethiopia and Kenya, especially in basin of upper R Nile.
- Near Threatened Enlarge map
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Two birds displaying Locality Jurong Bird Park, Singapore (ssp pavonina)
Josep del Hoyo 13 August 2007 3 years ago 42 sec 4.6 -
A close-up of the head of a bird Locality Taman Burung, Taman Mini Indonesia Indah, Jakarta, Java (Indonesia) (ssp ceciliae)
Josep del Hoyo 26 July 2007 3 years ago 37 sec 4.5 -
A bird in flight Locality Lake Ziway, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp ceciliae)
Josep del Hoyo 30 November 2005 5 years ago 18 sec 3.8 -
Several birds walking and two individuals flying away Locality Waza National Park, Far North Province, Cameroon (ssp ceciliae)
Ian Fulton 6 March 2006 5 years ago 38 sec 3.7 -
A bird in flight Locality Lake Ziway, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp ceciliae)
Josep del Hoyo 30 November 2005 5 years ago 18 sec 3 -
Two birds flying to a pond, feeding and then flying off. Locality Pirang, Western Division, The Gambia (ssp pavonina)
Paul Clarke 9 January 2003 3 years ago 1 min 2 sec 2.5
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Adult in flight. Note the prominent hind-toe (for a crane!) which gives these cranes the ability to perch.
Locality Pirang, Western Division, The Gambia (ssp pavonina)
Steve Garvie 19 November 2005 1 year ago 4.5 -
Standing near the lake
Locality Bahir Dar, Amhara Region, Ethiopia
John A Thompson 17 January 2012 2 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 4.2 -
Bird wading in swamp with partner
Locality Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda
ddarbela 28 December 2011 2 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 4 -
Two adult birds perched in a tree.
Locality Pirang, Western Division, The Gambia (ssp pavonina)
Steve Garvie 19 November 2005 1 year ago 3.7 -
In a group of 20
Locality Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda
Marco Valentini 20 August 2009 7 weeks ago 3.6 -
Black Crowned Crane while was searching food on the savannah
Locality Amboseli National Park, Kenya
Nico 27 March 2011 44 weeks ago 3
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