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Location Ngorongoro Conservation Area Metadata Make Nikon D300 IOC Names Order Gruiformes Family Gruidae 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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