Animals Birds

West African Crowned crane

SCIENTIFIC NAME:

Balearica pavonina pavonina

PROFILE:

The West African crowned crane is a subspecies of the black crowned crane. Like many other cranes, it has a prehensile (or grasping) hind toe, which allows it to climb and roost in trees.

TYPE OF ANIMAL:

bird, gruiformes (cranes, rails, and relatives)

NATIVE TO:

Africa

IUCN CONSERVATION STATUS:

near threatened

DIET:

omnivore

LIFESPAN:

wild - unknown; zoos - 30+ years

SOCIAL STATUS:

pair bonded in large flocks