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Tall pale gray crane with pink legs and red bare skin on head extending down the neck. Juvenile facial coloring less prominent. Typically wades in shallow wetlands or in cropped agricultural areas. Unmistakable in Asia. In Australia, take care to identify from Brolga, which has black legs and gray upper neck. Listen for its loud, far-carrying bugling calls. (eBird)
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We found these Sarus in the same field as the Brolgas, so careful study was needed to correctly identify them. We had seen a distant pair on our trip to India, so it was lovely to get such a good look here.
Yungaburra, Queensland, Australia. October 2022.
Eagle-Eye Tours - Eastern Australia.
A beautiful large resident crane found in the country. They are quite tall, around 5 ft. 11 in and are one of the tallest flying birds. In the northern part of the country, they are a conspicuous species in the countryside, especially around wetlands where they can be seen in pairs in the fields.
This was a lifer to me and I was quite happy to have seen it. The birds look quite delicate and I found their movements slow and graceful. The birds are thought to bond for life and it is believed that if one of the pair passes away, the other may even starve to death. Their courtship display is very interesting with the birds raising their wings half way, raising their head upwards and make a loud trumpeting call.
Thank you very much in advance for your views, faves and feedback.
A beautiful large resident crane found in the country. They are quite tall, around 5 ft. 11 in and are one of the tallest flying birds. In the northern part of the country, they are a conspicuous species in the countryside, especially around wetlands where they can be seen in pairs in the fields.
This picture shows their courtship display, where the pair engages is some kind of dancing movements where both sing in unison and one of them raises the wings half way as in this picture. The display is short - maybe 30-60 seconds, but we observed this a few times. Apparently, they do this both during and outside their breeding seasons. The birds are thought to bond for life and that if one of the pair passes away, the other may even starve to death.
Thank you very much in advance for your views, faves and feedback.
A beautiful large resident crane found in the country. They are quite tall, around 5 ft. 11 in and are one of the tallest flying birds. In the northern part of the country, they are a conspicuous species in the countryside, especially around wetlands where they can be seen in pairs in the fields.
This was a lifer to me and I was quite happy to have seen it. The birds look quite delicate and I found their movements slow and graceful. These cranes bond for life and it is believed that if one of the pair passes away, the other may even starve to death. Their courtship display is very interesting with the birds raising their wings half way, raising their head upwards and make a loud trumpeting call.
There was a recent issue in India where a man rescued one of these injured cranes and nursed it back to health, but then the bird refused to leave him as it bonded to him. That created challenges since it is a wild bird and as per Indian laws, they cannot be held as pets. It was a captivating story that dominated the news headlines for quite a while.
Thank you very much in advance for your views, faves and feedback.
A beautiful large resident crane found in the country. They are quite tall, around 5 ft. 11 in and are one of the tallest flying birds. In the northern part of the country, they are a conspicuous species in the countryside, especially around wetlands where they can be seen in pairs foraging in the fields with their beaks wet or stuck with mud. Few places, they are quite close to the farmers who ignored these birds and were tending to their crop. But when we came a bit close (maybe 100 feet), they took flight. And they needed a fairly long runway compared to the other birds that I have seen till date or heard, taking almost 30-50 feet before they can actually get into the air.
This was a lifer to me and a target for long. And I was quite delighted with the sighting. The birds look quite delicate and I found their movements slow and graceful. The birds are thought to bond for life and it is believed that if one of the pair passes away, the other may even starve to death. Their courtship display is very interesting with the birds raising their wings half way, raising their head upwards and make a loud trumpeting call.
Thank you very much in advance for your views, faves and feedback.
A beautiful large resident crane found in the country. They are quite tall, around 5 ft. 11 in and are one of the tallest flying birds. In the northern part of the country, they are a conspicuous species in the countryside, especially around wetlands where they can be seen in pairs in the fields.
This was a lifer to me and I was quite happy to have seen it. The birds look quite delicate and I found their movements slow and graceful. The birds bond for life and it is believed that if one of the pair passes away, the other may even starve to death. Their courtship display is very interesting with the birds raising their wings half way, raising their head upwards and make a loud trumpeting call.
Thank you very much in advance for your views, faves and feedback.
I was lucky that these two didn't follow the magpie geese... but there was a lot of vegetation between us...
Atherton Tablelands, Queensland
The sarus crane (Antigone antigone) is a large nonmigratory crane found in parts of the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, and Australia. The tallest of the flying birds, standing at a height of up to 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in), they are a conspicuous species of open wetlands in South Asia, seasonally flooded Dipterocarpus forests in Southeast Asia, and Eucalyptus-dominated woodlands and grasslands in Australia. The sarus crane is easily distinguished from other cranes in the region by its overall grey colour and the contrasting red head and upper neck. They forage on marshes and shallow wetlands for roots, tubers, insects, crustaceans, and small vertebrate prey. Like other cranes, they form long-lasting pair bonds and maintain territories within which they perform territorial and courtship displays that include loud trumpeting, leaps, and dance-like movements. In India, they are considered symbols of marital fidelity, believed to mate for life and pine the loss of their mates, even to the point of starving to death. The main breeding season is during the rainy season, when the pair builds an enormous nest "island,” a circular platform of reeds and grasses nearly two meters in diameter and high enough to stay above the shallow water surrounding it. Increased agricultural intensity is often thought to have led to declines in sarus crane numbers, but they also benefit from wetland crops and the construction of canals and reservoirs. The stronghold of the species is in India, where it is traditionally revered and lives in agricultural lands in close proximity to humans. Elsewhere, the species has been extirpated in many parts of its former range. 32614
A Sarus Crane female at Keoladeo Ghana National Park, Bharatpur, India.
A stately elegant bird, the Sarus Crane is considered as Vulnerable as per the IUCN Red List.
Their surviving population is said to be 19000 - 21800 individuals. Monogamous by nature, pairs are known to mate for life.
This Lucky ‘Sarus Crane’ Flyby was captured roadside, at Kairi, on the Atherton Tablelands, North Queensland
Status crane pair captured in unison calling and display at Keoladeo national parks, Bharatpur, India.
Sarus cranes have loud, trumpeting calls. These calls are, as in other cranes, produced by the elongated that form coils within the sternal region. Pairs may indulge in spectacular displays of calling in unison and posturing.
These displays and calls may be for the purpose of breeding or for territory announcements.
Male Sarus Crane at Keoladeo Ghana National Park, Bharatpur, India
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The Sarus crane is the world's tallest flying bird, males can be upto 72 inches tall (180 cm). The Sarus Crane is classified as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
These non migratory birds are found in the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, and Australia.
Réalisé le 24 octobre 2011 au Hastie's Swamp, région de Cairns, Australie.
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Taken on October, 24th / 2011 at Hastie's Swamp, Cairns area, Australia.
Sarus Crane (Grus antigone) is a resident bird of mist of India. They pair for life and are consideed to be the symbol of filial loyalty. A pair in courtship display in Dhanauri Wetland, near Delhi
December 2024: It was simply magical to see these two Sarus Cranes perform a territorial display with lots of trumpeting. They are known to mate for life, and pine the loss of their mates, even to the point of starving to death. They are the tallest flying bird in the world, standing tall at 152-156 cm with a wingspan of 240 cm - Fatehpur, Uttar Pradesh, India 🇮🇳
in open grasslands near Dudhwa National Park (Uttar Pradesh, India) we found one pair of Sarus Cranes on the first full day of my trip.
We tried a few times afterwards but did not find them again.
Probably the tallest of all the flying birds in the world.
IUCN Red List Status: VULNERABLE
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IUCN status: Vulnerable (VU)
The Sarus crane is the tallest flying bird in the world standing 152-156 cm tall with a wingspan of 240cm. It has a predominantly grey plumage with a naked red head and upper neck and pale red legs. It weighs 6.8-7.8 Kgs. It is a social creature, found mostly in pairs or small groups of three or four. Known to mate for life with a single partner, its breeding season coincides with heavy rainfall in monsoon. Nests are constructed on water in natural wetlands or in flooded paddy fields. Usually a clutch has only one or two eggs, which are incubated by both parents for a period of 26 to 35 days. The juveniles follow their parents from the day of birth.
--https://www.wwfindia.org/about_wwf/priority_species/threatened_species/sarus_crane/
Near touchdown...This is one from the bird's flight that i could capture from take-off to landing. You can see the entire flight in my album of Sarus Cranes here: www.flickr.com/photos/santanu_sen/sets/72157634442592180
Sarus crane | Antigone antigone | LRK | Nov'23 | Sony Gear | f 6.3 @ 1/2500 | ISO 1000
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A family of Sarus cranes (Grus Antigone) tower over the more diminutive Spoonbill storks (Platalea leucorodia).
a couple of Sarus cranes, little egrets and a black headed ibis..
Large birds such as the Sarus, need a longish runway for take off; anything in their path, like this ibis, must make way.
Red eyes of Sarus Crane (Grus Antigone)
Alipore Zoo , Kolkata
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Sarus Crane (Grus antigone)@Basai wetland,Haryana
Exif: Nikon D4, Nikkor AF-S 800mm F/5.6G ED VR,1/640s f/7.1 at 800.0mm iso640
A Sarus Crane. The tallest of flying birds.
IUCN status: This crane is listed as Vulnerable because it is suspected to have suffered a rapid population decline, which is projected to continue, as a result of widespread reductions in the extent and quality of its wetland habitats, exploitation and the effects of pollutants.
Sarus Crane Album: