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Chapultepec Zoo grounds cover 13.5 hectares (33 acres) and house approximately 2,000 specimens of about 280 species.
A pair of zoo Blue Herons (Anthropoides Paradisea), the national bird of South Africa.
Since October 2021, the Blue Crane has been classified as Moderately Depleted by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
n the last two decades, the blue crane has largely disappeared from the Eastern Cape, Lesotho, and Swaziland.
The population in the northern Free State, Limpopo, Gauteng, Mpumalanga and North West Province has declined by up to 90%.
The majority of the remaining population is in eastern and southern South Africa, with a small and separate population in the Etosha Pan of northern Namibia.
The primary causes of the decline of the blue crane are human population growth, the conversion of grasslands into commercial tree plantations, and poisoning: deliberate (to protect crops) or accidental (baits intended for other species, and as a side-effect of crop dusting).
2022 - Mexico City - 43 - Chapultepec Park - Zoológico de Chapultepec - 15 of 21
Chapultepec Zoo grounds cover 13.5 hectares (33 acres) and house approximately 2,000 specimens of about 280 species.
A pair of zoo Blue Herons (Anthropoides Paradisea), the national bird of South Africa.
Since October 2021, the Blue Crane has been classified as Moderately Depleted by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
n the last two decades, the blue crane has largely disappeared from the Eastern Cape, Lesotho, and Swaziland.
The population in the northern Free State, Limpopo, Gauteng, Mpumalanga and North West Province has declined by up to 90%.
The majority of the remaining population is in eastern and southern South Africa, with a small and separate population in the Etosha Pan of northern Namibia.
The primary causes of the decline of the blue crane are human population growth, the conversion of grasslands into commercial tree plantations, and poisoning: deliberate (to protect crops) or accidental (baits intended for other species, and as a side-effect of crop dusting).