Animals Birds

East African Crowned Crane

SCIENTIFIC NAME:

Balearica regulorum gibbericeps

PROFILE:

This omnivore has an appetite for seeds, grasses, insects, worms, lizards, and fish. They will follow large groups of herd animals or stomp their feet while walking; insects and small animals trying to move away from the herds and stomps become an easy meal for the cranes.

TYPE OF ANIMAL:

bird, gruiformes (cranes, rails, and relatives)

NATIVE TO:

Africa, Europe, North America

IUCN CONSERVATION STATUS:

vulnerable

DIET:

omnivore

LIFESPAN:

up to 22 years

SOCIAL STATUS:

pair bonded and flocks