Crowned Crane

Zone:
Okavango Delta

Diet:
Herbivore

Taxa:
Bird

Conservation Status:
Least Concern

The African Crowned Crane inhabits a mixture of wetlands and open grassland across Uganda and Kenya to Northern Zimbabwe and Northern Mozambique.  They can also be found in habitats modified by humans including pastures, cropland, fallow fields, irrigated areas and ranches.  They are active during the day and live in breeding pairs or in flocks of up to 100 non breeding birds. They roost in riverbeds, in trees or on utility line posts.