Location
Ngorongoro Conservation Area
Tanzania
Metadata
Make Nikon D300
Lens Nikkor AF-S VR 70-300 mm f/4.5-5.6G
at 450 mm
Exposure 1/500 s, f/6.3, ISO 320
Image size 800 x 533 pixels
IOC Names
Order Gruiformes Family Gruidae
Deutsch Südafrikanischer Kronenkranich Dutch Grijze Kroonkraan
Italian Gru coronata grigia Spanish Grulla Coronada Cuelligrís
Comments
These cranes are believed to resemble the ancestral Gruidae, as evidenced from their larger clutch than any other crane, their relatively simple dance and call, and their habit to roost in trees thanks to a long hind toe that can grasp branches.
Tarboton WR (1989): in The Complete Book of Southern African Birds, Ginn PJ, McIlleron WG, Milstein P le S (eds), Struik Publ, Cape Town, South Africa, p 195.
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Grey Crowned Crane |
Jean-Michel PAULUS
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