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.
- Vulnerable Enlarge map
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Two birds feeding on a crop close to people Locality Kisoro, Uganda (ssp gibbericeps)
Josep del Hoyo 12 September 2006 4 years ago 33 sec 4.9 -
A pair taking advantage of a concentration of damselflies Locality Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda (ssp gibbericeps)
Josep del Hoyo 29 August 2006 4 years ago 45 sec 4.8 -
2 birds preening Locality Kisoro, Uganda (ssp gibbericeps)
Daniêl Jimenez 16 September 2010 1 year ago 1 min 33 sec 4.5 -
Two adults feeding Locality Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya (ssp gibbericeps)
Brooke Clibbon 16 December 2002 6 years ago 26 sec 4.5 -
A bird feeding Locality Amboseli National Park, Kenya (ssp gibbericeps)
Josep del Hoyo 18 August 2000 9 years ago 21 sec 4.5 -
A bird foraging on the ground, meeting its pair and copulating Locality Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe (ssp regulorum)
Alex García · Videoaves 31 December 2007 3 years ago 43 sec 4.4
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Part of a pair along the river bank
Locality South Luangwa National Park, Zambia
Marco Valentini 30 August 2011 21 weeks ago 4.6 -
A close-up of an adult head.
Locality Chestnut Lodge private collection, Surrey, England, Great Britain
Josep del Hoyo 25 May 2009 1 year ago 4.5 -
Adult Grey Crowned Crane in close up
Locality Serengeti, Tanzania
ingwe24 23 February 2008 2 years ago 4.4 -
Portrait
Locality Gauteng Province, South Africa (ssp regulorum)
ossewa 10 February 2007 9 weeks ago 4 -
A pair standing next to a puddle
Locality Ngorongoro Crater, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Serengeti, Tanzania
Rodrigo Paez 1 July 2009 1 year ago 4 -
birds dancing
Locality Lake Victoria, Kenya
Juhasz Tibor 1 July 2001 2 years ago 4
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Several birds in flight by the lake. Locality Wakkerstroom, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa
(ssp regulorum)
Charles Hesse 1 January 2010 1 year ago 3
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