Cranes (Gruidae)
Grey Crowned Crane (Balearica regulorum) - HBW 3, p. 83
French: Grue royale
German: Südafrikanischer Kronenkranich
Spanish: Grulla Coronada Cuelligrís
Other common names: Blue-necked/Royal Crane; East African Crowned Crane (gibbericeps); South African Crowned Crane (regulorum)
Taxonomy: Anthropoïdes Regulorum Bennett, 1834, South Africa.
Formerly considered conspecific with B. pavonina, 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:
- gibbericeps Reichenow, 1892 - Uganda and Kenya S to N Zimbabwe and N Mozambique.
- regulorum (Bennett, 1834) - S Angola and N Namibia E through Botswana to Zimbabwe, then S to SE South Africa.
- Endangered Enlarge map
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An adult and two juveniles feeding in a swamp Locality Akagera National Park, East Province, Rwanda
Pascal Vagner 3 March 2013 6 weeks ago 37 sec 4.8 -
A group foraging in windy conditions. Locality Ngorongoro Crater, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Serengeti, Tanzania (ssp gibbericeps)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 17 February 2012 38 weeks ago 28 sec 4.8 -
Two birds feeding on a crop close to people Locality Kisoro, Uganda (ssp gibbericeps)
Josep del Hoyo 12 September 2006 5 years ago 33 sec 4.7 -
A pair taking advantage of a concentration of damselflies Locality Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda (ssp gibbericeps)
Josep del Hoyo 29 August 2006 6 years ago 45 sec 4.6 -
2 birds preening Locality Kisoro, Uganda (ssp gibbericeps)
Daniêl Jimenez 16 September 2010 2 years ago 1 min 33 sec 4.6 -
Two birds standing on the grass, one of them preening Locality Buhoma, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda (ssp gibbericeps)
Josep del Hoyo 8 September 2006 5 years ago 37 sec 4.5
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Feeding two chicks
Locality Amboseli National Park, Kenya
Marco Valentini 31 January 2012 1 year ago 4.6 -
Part of a pair along the river bank
Locality South Luangwa National Park, Zambia
Marco Valentini 30 August 2011 1 year ago 4.6 -
portrait of the bird
Locality Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary, Uganda (ssp gibbericeps)
Krzysztof Blachowiak 21 November 2012 24 weeks ago 4.5 -
Portrait of feeding bird
Locality Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary, Uganda
Krzysztof Blachowiak 21 November 2012 23 weeks ago 4.4 -
Adult Grey Crowned Crane in close up
Locality Serengeti, Tanzania
Philip Perry 23 February 2008 4 years ago 4.4 -
An adult bird portrait
Locality Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya (ssp gibbericeps)
raniero massoli-novelli 1 November 2000 17 weeks ago 4.3
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Several birds in flight by the lake. Locality Wakkerstroom, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa
(ssp regulorum)
Charles Hesse 1 January 2010 3 years ago 3
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