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	NPWRC :: The Cranes
		Sarus Cranes, possibly of a distinct subspecies, formerly occurred in the Philippines.
		Sarus Cranes formerly occurred across the subcontinent, from the province of Sindh in Pakistan in the west to Bangladesh in the east, throughout the Gangetic plain, and in the arid and semi-arid regions of the Deccan Plateau of south-central India.
		The Philippine population of Sarus Cranes occurred on the island of Luzon (Hachisuka 1932, 1941; Delacour and Mayr 1946; Dickinson et al.
	www.npwrc.usgs.gov /resource/birds/cranes/grusanti.htm (6149 words)

	Sarus crane - Wild India
		Sarus Crane nests are made of marsh vegetation and built on the ground, often in flooded paddy fields or marshes.
		The future of the Indian Sarus Crane is closely tied to the quality of small wetlands in India that experience heavy human use, such as; high rates of sewage inflow, extensive agricultural runoff, high levels of pesticide residues, and intensification of agricultural systems.
		To the natives of India, the Sarus Crane is a symbol of a happy marriage.
	www.wildindia.org /wiki/Sarus_crane (661 words)

	Sarus crane - Grus antigone: More Information - ARKive
		Although the Indian population is largely resident, the eastern sarus crane populationin Indochina migrates from breeding areas in Cambodia to the Mekong Delta in Vietnam outside of the breeding season (2).
		Sarus cranes are usually seen in pairs or small family groups (6), although non-breeding birds stay in flocks until they are able to find partners and set up a breeding territory (9).
		The global population of the sarus crane is estimated to have decreased to as little as 5% of its size in 1850; this devastating decline is mainly attributed to the loss of wetland habitat (6).
	www.arkive.org /species/GES/birds/Grus_antigone/more_info.html (965 words)

	Marwell Zoo Info (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Sarus cranes are beautiful regal birds, inhabiting open country and often assembling in huge flocks.
		In the spring of 1982 a sprinkler system was installed in the sarus crane enclosure to ensure that whatever the weather the ground would be soft and brimming with insect life for the young cranes to eat.
		The sarus cranes at Marwell are kept in a roofless enclosure and so the youngsters are pinioned before they are old enough to fly.
	www.marwell.org.uk /pages/zooinfo/animalDetail.asp?animalUID=84 (413 words)

	Sarus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sarus (Sörli), a son of the Norse mythological king, Jonakr.
		Sarus (Serila), a semi-historic figure who, in the fourth century, on behalf of his sister Sunilda, attacked Ermanaric, king of the Ostrogoths.
		Sarus, a blood enemy and leading rival of Ataulf, king of the Visigoths, in the early fifth century.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sarus (179 words)

	Birds of India - Sarus Crane - Grus antigone - Gruidae - Gruiformes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Sarus Cranes are most common in the Indian states of Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat, and Haryana; they are less common in Bihar and Madhya Pradesh.
		The current distribution of the Indian Sarus Crane is similar to its historic range except for their disappearance from the south (with the sole exception of one bird from Andhra Pradesh seen in 2005), but local abundances in most areas have declined.
		Habitat: Although Sarus Cranes are non-migratory, populations move on a seasonal basis in response to monsoons and droughts.
	www.birding.in /birds/Gruiformes/Gruidae/sarus_crane.htm (1386 words)

	Sarus Crane India, Sarus Crane, Endangered Sarus Crane, Crane Species in India,Information on the Sarus Crane, Sarus ...
		Sarus Cranes are elegant birds with light gray plumage except for the throat and head, which is bare and the skin here is red or orange in color, with a patch of gray feathers over the ear.
		Sarus Cranes in India have adapted to human presence and are often seen in close proximity to villages and settlements, feeding from village ponds and uncultivated fields.
		The dance of the Sarus is a beautiful sight with both birds calling out to each other, flapping their wings and rising up in the air in a series of graceful movements.
	www.india-wildlife-tours.com /wild-animals-in-india/indian-wildlife-sarus-crane.html (533 words)

	Sarus Crane - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Sarus Crane (Grus antigone) is a resident breeding bird in northern India, Nepal, Southeast Asia and Queensland, Australia.
		It is a very large crane, averaging 156 cm in length, which is found in freshwater marshes and plains.
		The species is venerated in India and legend has it that Valmiki cursed a hunter for killing a Sarus Crane and was then inspired to write the epic Ramayana[1].
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sarus_Crane (640 words)

	rediff.com: Sarus crane population plummets in Gujarat
		A new headcount of the already rare Sarus crane in Gujarat has sent alarm bells ringing in the bird lovers' community.
		The number was down from the 1,730 that the forest department spotted in 1999 and 19,659 in 1984.
		Gujarat, with its shallow wetlands, was an ideal habitat for the cranes.
	www.rediff.com /news/2001/jul/20sarus.htm (352 words)

	Sarus Crane (Grus antigone)
		Sarus Crane (Grus antigone) is a resident breeding bird in northern India, Nepal, Southeast Asia and Queensland, Australia.
		The Indian population is about 10,000 birds, and the Australian population of 5,000 birds may be increasing, but the southeast Asian subspecies has been decimated by war and habitat modification and destruction (such as intensive agriculture and draining of wetlands).
		The species is venerated in India and legend has it that Valmiki cursed a hunter for killing a Sarus and was then inspired to write the epic Ramayana[1].
	www.avianweb.com /saruscrane.html (399 words)

	The Hindu Business Line : Craning for a better perspective
		While we were focused on the doings of the male Sarus, the female Sarus, smaller in size, flew in from somewhere and landed a few feet away from the nesting site.
		The Sarus is a large, tall bird with long bare red legs, red neck with a fl band in the middle, yellow eyes and an off-white circular spot behind the eyes.
		As we made it to around 15 feet of the male Sarus to see from near its body and eggs, the bird let out a loud trumpet call and the female Sarus, which was a few feet away, replied with a similar call and hurriedly made its way to her mate.
	www.thehindubusinessline.com /2004/09/04/stories/2004090400901800.htm (911 words)

	Sarus Lessons. Introduction
		Sarus is based heavily upon the concept of Solresol.
		A Sarus word in its entirety is made up of anywhere from one to 5 or even 6 syllables.
		It’s most important that you get the Sarus syllables correct, because this is the skeleton of the word, which translates to colour, melody and hand signals, as you'll see in a later lesson.
	www.biteycastle.com /525/lessons.html (763 words)

	Cranes of Pakistan
		The sarus crane is the world's tallest flying bird; a large male may stand six feet tall.
		In Pakistan only the Indian Sarus Crane is found in a very limited area in Tharparkar District of Sind Province, near the border with India.
		A small flock of 5-6 Sarus Crane were sighted at the Nalyasar and Bhansar lakes in the Nagarparkar area of the Thar Desert in 1999.
	www.wildlifeofpakistan.com /cranes.htm (5138 words)

	Casefile: Sarus Cranes, crop fields and wetlands: What is happening to the Sarus in India? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		The Indian Sarus Crane (Grus antigone antigone) is found in the states of Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Assam, Madhya Pradesh, Chattisgarh, and Maharashtra.
		The all-India Sarus Crane Count (1999 and 2000) managed by the Wildlife Institute of India shows that over 90% of the population lives in unprotected areas, mostly in crop fields and natural marshlands, in that order.
		While the Sarus is classified as a species of the marshlands, there is enough evidence now to indicate that the habitat that they are most found in are crop fields, principally those with the annual cycle of summer paddy and winter wheat.
	www.indianjungles.com /cas1001.htm (536 words)

	Sarus Lessons. Introduction
		Welcome to Sarus, the language of the Shadow People (the Yuyu) that was adopted for use as a means of universal communication by the ancient, and now mysteriously vanished inhabitants of Brackenwood.
		The Sarus forum is the most current and frequently updated resource, and is also the place to go to get your questions answered.
		Sarus words are written as a combination of any of the 7 syllables.
	www.biteycastle.com /525/01_intro.html (785 words)

	Sanctuary Asia - Campaign
		The Sarus Crane is the state bird of Uttar Pradesh but this status appears not to offer the bird any special consideration or immunity by a state government that places urban development above the value of its natural heritage and wetland wealth.
		The Indian Sarus Crane Grus antigone, a highly endangered species and considered vulnerable by the IUCN and ‘protected’ under the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972, has historically been present in large numbers in the state’s Etawah and Mainpuri districts.
		Farmers and ancient farming practices are the sole reason for the Sarus Cranes and scores of other waterfowl to continue persisting in the wetlands of this region.
	www.sanctuaryasia.com /takeaction/detailcampaign.php?id=32 (1020 words)

	State development project threatens state bird – Sarus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Of the three sub-species of this tallest flying bird in the world, the Indian Sarus is the largest and is distributed in Pakistan, Nepal, India and Bangladesh.
		The highest number and density of Sarus is found in the districts of Etawah and Mainpuri, which provide an excellent habitat due to the existence of a number of marshlands, most suited to the nesting and breeding of this bird.
		Few people in their forties and more, can forget the ubiquitous Sarus during their younger days, when not a single train or road journey could end without the sighting of this magnificent bird in the countryside.
	aquiline.8m.com /indianwildlife/artsarus.htm (836 words)

	Sarus Crane - Birds of Haryana - India - GRUIFORMES - Grus antigone - Bird
		Sarus Crane (Grus antigone) is a local and declining breeding resident in Haryana.
		Sarus Crane is the only resident breeding crane in India and is the world’s tallest flying bird.
		In Haryana, the Sultanpur National Park and the Bhindawas Bird Sanctuary are the only known stable areas for breeding Sarus Cranes in the state.
	www.haryana-online.com /Fauna/Birds/sarus_crane.htm (120 words)

	! Sarus Crane ! Tropical Rainforest, North Queensland, Australia
		Because of its similarity to the Brolga, the Sarus Crane was not detected in Australia until the 1960s.
		Sarus Cranes constituted 1255 of these, 139 were Brolgas and a further 450 were unidentified.
		Australia's estimated Sarus Crane population is 5000, which means between one third and one quarter of Australia's Sarus Cranes were counted on that one day.
	rainforest-australia.com /sarus_crane.html (311 words)

	Wildlife Trust of India
		These five wetlands in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, which are home to over 33 per cent of the global Sarus crane population, were being drained under a World Bank funded wasteland reclamation project.
		Mr Mookerjee, had expressed concern in his petition that the situation in these two districts was grim, as work on the wetland conversion projects was in full swing and canals, which in some areas were nearly 20 feet wide, were rapidly draining the wetlands.
		It was also pointed out that the construction of a culvert at Kudaiyya in Mainpuri has resulted in the draining of one of the wetlands and has resulted in the decline of the resident Sarus population from over 200 to 22 only.
	www.wildlifetrustofindia.org /html/news/2002/020320_sarus_success.htm (802 words)

	Site Features @ GameBanshee
		Sarus was hatched in the dark of the moon, the only survivor of a clutch of six thin-shelled eggs.
		Many marked the passing of Sarus during his visits since he was a Draconum alone and on-foot, a most unusual sight.
		This is to Sarus’ liking since the Solonavi have access to stores of knowledge that would advance his skills greatly.
	www.gamebanshee.com /editorials/mkareveal1.php (386 words)

	Appendix: List of participants in Sarus crane Count-1999
		The Collaborative Sarus Count, as the name suggests, was possible only due to the enthusiasm of hundreds of individuals, several non-governmental organizations, government officials, universities, and regional nature clubs.
		Sarus was known to be a rare visitor in this state and has been recently reported to have been a vagrant in the state (Choudhury 1999).
		Percentage of breeding Sarus Cranes was maximum in Gujarat state though the maximum number of Sarus Cranes breeding was in Uttar Pradesh.
	www.ee.duke.edu /~achandra/projects/Saru_count.html (4293 words)

	Poisoning of globally threatened sarus cranes - The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Populations of the sarus crane have declined by at least 90% since 1850 and the species is globally threatened (vulnerable).
		Over the last 10-15 years, there has been a small but relatively stable resident population of sarus cranes in the KNP area (13-15 pairs within the Park, and a total population of ca 80 individuals).
		On 23 November 2000, researchers from the Bombay Natural History Society found 15 sarus cranes and three common cranes dead on farmland in a field adjacent to the park.
	www.rspb.org.uk /science/Processresearch/2004/saruscrane.asp?view=print (380 words)

	Sarus - ICF
		Indian Sarus Cranes breed primarily during the rains, with few pairs breeding outside this season in response to chick loss and creation of nesting habitat due to flooding caused by irrigation canals.
		Eastern and Australian Sarus Cranes now breed primarily in the rainy season though Eastern Sarus were reported to breed in floodplain wetlands during the dry season before their range dramatically receded.
		In India, mortality due to collision with electrical wires is a significant threat and cranes have died due to pesticide poisoning.
	www.savingcranes.org /species/sarus.cfm (1081 words)

	Sarus Crane - Terai Arc - WWF - Expeditions in Conservation
		There are three recognized subspecies of cranes, with the Indian sarus crane living in the wetlands of the Terai Arc region.
		Sarus cranes are the only resident breeding cranes in India and Southeast Asia.
		However, despite these protections the sarus crane is suffering a rapid population decline.
	www.worldwildlife.org /expeditions/teraiarc/wl_cranes.html (140 words)

	Lumbini Crane Sanctuary: A Model of Local Conservation Initiative
		A pair of Sarus Crane began to roost at wetland 'A' and nesting pair of Sarus near wetland 'B' have been observed bringing their chicks to forage in this wetland.
		Two orphaned Sarus chicks were discovered and has since been raised in a small village next to the sanctuary.
		Though her calls to the crane can only mimic the Sarus call, this interaction between the crane and the villagers has furthered relations and provided first hand education in crane conservation.
	srdis.ciesin.columbia.edu /cases/nepal-014.html (2418 words)

	Sarus crane count crosses 2,000
		However, Bihar and Haryana as a stronghold of the sarus crane was a thing of the past, it said.
		The distribution range of the sarus crane now extends to Jammu and Kashmir, the WII report said, adding it was noteworthy to find a large congregation of over 20 sarus cranes in the border areas of India and Pakistan in the Jammu region, their well-beingdependent on the armed personnel.
		Reports of sighting were also obtained from Assam and Meghalaya though it was not sure whether these were Eastern sarus cranes or Indian sarus cranes.Significantly, the largest number of sarus cranes counted in protected areas was also from Uttar Pradesh in Parrate Agra Bird Sanctuary in Gonda district, the WII report said.
	www.expressindia.com /ie/daily/19991011/ige11075.html (455 words)

	Lee Richardson Zoo
		Standing 5 feet tall, Sarus Cranes are the largest of the world’s cranes.
		Their plumage is entirely blue-gray except for white wing tips and a band of white around the lower neck.
		Their nests are made of marsh vegetation and built on the ground, often in flooded paddy fields or marshes.
	www.garden-city.org /zoo/animalinfo/Birds/sarus_crane.htm (300 words)

	Mulayam's flight may ground Sarus : special investigation, saras crane, mulayam singh : IBNLive.com : CNN-IBN
		Etawah is also home to 3000 Sarus cranes - nearly one third of the world's population of the bird - that thrive on the wetlands here.
		Nearly 15 local villagers were deployed at different spots around the airstrip to shoo away the Sarus cranes that have been nesting there.
		According to a report submitted by the Chief Wildlife Warden of Uttar Pradesh to the Supreme Court, there are no Sarus cranes to be found within two km of the airport.
	www.ibnlive.com /article.php?id=5190§ion_id=3&single=true (744 words)

	Cranes,India Cranes,Indian Bird Crane,India Sarus Crane
		Eastern sarus cranes were once abundant in Southeast Asia, but after decades of war they are missing from most of their former range.
		Roughly 8,000 to 10,000 Indian sarus remain, though the population is declining due to the loss of wetlands and increasing amounts of pollution as the human population continues to grow.
		The Eastern sarus population in Southeast Asia is estimated at 500 to 1,500 birds.
	www.wildlife-tour-india.com /indian-wildlife/cranes.html (1617 words)

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