Grey Crowned Crane - The Royal African Crested Bird

Black Crowned Crane vs. Grey Crowned Crane: What Are The Differences?

How many Grey Crowned Cranes did Rwanda Wildlife Conservation Association (RWCA) count in Rwanda this year? 👀🔎 1,245 Grey Crowned Cranes! Olivier Nsengimana, Future For Nature Award winner 2019, founded the Rwanda Wildlife Conservation Association - RWCA in 2015, focussing on the Grey Crowned Crane. Due to habitat restoration, protection and reintroduction from cranes in captivity Olivier and his team are able to grow the number of Grey Crowned Cranes over the years. | Future For Nature

The lovely, grey crowned crane is Uganda's national bird and is also depicted on the Ugandan flag. The specific subspecies found in Uganda is the East African Balearica regulorum gibbericeps (crested crane). This bird's habitat starts in the Democratic Republic of Congo and covers east to Uganda and Kenya and on to eastern South Africa. The other subspecies is the B. r. regulorum (South African crowned crane), which is found on the western coast of Africa from Angola and south to South Africa. |

Close-up and full-body shots of a grey crowned crane standing and moving around in a tropical-style zoo habitat. The birds distinctive golden crown feathers shimmer in the sunlight, contrasting with Stock Video Footage - Alamy