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Common Name

Wattled Crane

Alternate Names

Common Type

Crane

Order

Gruiformes

Family

Gruidae

Genus

Grus

Species

carunculata

Conservation Status

Vulnerable

Location Photographed

Captive Photographed

Number of Sub-Species

0

Migratory or Resident

Resident

Preferred Habitat

Shallow marsh like areas with a good deal of sedge based vegetation

Distribution and Range

Southern Sub Sahara Desert

Food

Submerged tubers and rhizomes from sedges and water lillies plus some aquatic insects, snails, amphibians and snakes

Captive Photographed

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Field Notes:

Average clutch size is less than 2 eggs with only one usually surviving to fledge. Chicks are fed by both parents for around three months before they start to forage with their parents. At the first sign of danger the parents force their young into tall grasses to hide. They remain with their parents for up to a year.

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