Specie's Page                                               South Africa - Grey-crowned Crane

Grey-crowned Crane: This bird is found on most of the African continent, and is especially commoner in the south and east of Africa.

Habitat: Found on dry Savannas, grassland, farming land and drier marshes, and though preferring life in drier, and arid locations, they do nest in wetter areas for a few weeks of the year.

Breeding: This bird has an elaborate courtship ritual which involves dancing, jumping and bowing, and also making loud honking sounds. Nests are a large mound of grass and other vegetation, and are built in marshy areas surrounded by tall vegetation. Their are three to five large dirty white eggs, the eggs take about a month to hatch. Newly hatched chicks have ability to run immediatley, and fledge in about fifty, to a hundred days.

Comment: This species is also known as the African Crowned Crane, Crested Crane, Crowned Crane, African Crane, Eastern Crowned Crane, Kavirondo Crane, South African Crane and Crested Crane. The species is also the national bird of Uganda.