Location
Xigera Camp, Okavango Delta
Botswana
Metadata
Make Nikon F90
Lens Nikkor AF 70-300 mm f/4.5-5.6G
Exposure not available
Image size 600 x 400 pixels
IOC Names
Order Gruiformes Family Gruidae
Deutsch Klunkerkranich Dutch Lelkraanvogel
Italian Gru caruncolata Spanish Grulla Carunculada
Comments
Wattled Cranes are the most critically endangered crane species on the African continent, listed as"vulnerable", with only 7000 individuals remaining in the wild. In South Africa, only 250 individuals are left, facing a high risk of extinction. Wattle Cranes have very low reproductive rate (0.6 young per pair per annum) and are quite intolerant to disturbance while nesting. They will leave their nest when an intruder is still several hundred meters away.
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 193.
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| 29/07/1998 |
Wattled Crane |
Jean-Michel PAULUS
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