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Grey Crowned Crane

Balearica regulorum

3 Species ID Suggestions

Grey Crowned Crane
Balearica regulorum Grey Crowned Crane - International Crane Foundation
peter
peter 13 years ago
Black Crowned Crane
Balearica pavonina Black Crowned Crane
JasonSpence
JasonSpence 13 years ago
Crowned Crane


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6 Comments

Stian Waaler
Stian Waaler 10 years ago

Common & Scientific name added!!

valentinezza
valentinezza 10 years ago

Bellissima foto! Potresti aggiungere questa e le altre nella missione della flora e fauna d'Italia: http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/3649...

PeterHamming
PeterHamming 11 years ago

It is a Grey Crowned Crane

Louisiana Belle
Louisiana Belle 13 years ago

Beautiful bird, amazing detail. Great capture.

Gordon Dietzman
Gordon Dietzman 13 years ago

I'd suggest that this is a gray-crowned crane. The red and white cheek patch is red above and white below on a gray crowned crane--like this specimen--but the lower cheek is red below and white above in the black crowned. In addition, while both species have a gular sac, it is quite large in the gray crowned; more like this specimen. Sometimes it is difficult to tell these two birds apart in a photo such as the one above. To compound the issue, the Wikipedia page for the black crowned shows both species labeled as black crowned, but the photo of the two birds are gray crowned cranes, not black crowned. So, I'd suggest a gray crowned crane.

jason.dzurisin
jason.dzurisin 13 years ago

Epic photograph. WELL DONE!

MicheleCampagna
Spotted by
MicheleCampagna

Pájara, Canarias, Spain

Spotted on Dec 24, 2010
Submitted on Mar 7, 2011

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