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WILDLIFE: BIRDS: GREY CROWNED CRANE

Class: Aves

Order: Gruiformes

Family: Gruidae

Genus and species: Balearica regulorum

Common name:
Grey crowned crane

Widespread and common in wetlands above 1,300 m, in western and central regions, from the central Highlands to lake Victoria and Mount Elgon. Gregarious except in the breeding season. There is a similar animal although darker in colour, the black crowned crane, rarely observed in lake Turkana, and treated by some authors as a different species.

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Grey crowned crane