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	Wattled Crane Information
		The Wattled Crane, Bugeranus carunculatus is a large bird found in Africa south of the Sahara Desert.
		The Wattled Crane occurs in eleven sub-Saharan countries in Africa, including an isolated population in the highlands of Ethiopia.
		The principal food of the Wattled Crane is aquatic vegetation, including the tubers and rhizomes of submerged sedges and water lilies.
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/Wattled_Crane (393 words)

	NPWRC :: The Cranes
		The Wattled Crane is the largest and rarest of the six crane species that occur in Africa.
		Wattled Cranes are also thought to move between Bangweulu Swamp, the Kafue flats, and other wetlands in the Zambezi basin during unusually high water levels, and to move downstream into the Morremou wetland complex in Mozambique as the waters recede (R. Douthwaite pers.
		This blueprint for Wattled Crane survival set a goal of maintaining a population of 300 Wattled Cranes in natural areas in South Africa.
	www.npwrc.usgs.gov /resource/birds/cranes/bugecaru.htm (6205 words)

	Gruidae
		The Common Crane is closest to the Whooping Crane, and the Hooded Crane closest to the Black-necked Crane.
		Wattled Cranes in the montane wetlands of South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Ethiopia nest at the end of the dry season on small wetlands bordered by grasslands.
		Siberian Cranes in the remnant Central population in Eurasia and Lesser Sandhill Cranes breeding in eastern Siberia undertake the longest of all crane migrations, in excess of 5000 km.
	www.nacwg.org /gruidae.htm (8382 words)

	sociology - Crane (bird)
		Crane myth is as widely separated and universal as the Aegean, South Arabia, Japan and Amerindian North America.
		A crane is the Egyptian hieroglyphic symbol for the letter "B." Also, the word "pedigree" comes from the Old French phrase, "pie de grue", which means "foot of a crane", as the pedigree diagram looks similar to the branches coming out of a crane's foot.
		A crane is considered auspicious in Japan, as one of the symbols of longevity and represented with other symbols of long life, the pine and bamboo, and the tortoise.
	www.aboutsociology.com /sociology/Crane_(bird) (593 words)

	Wattled Crane: WhoZoo
		The function of the "wattles" in the wattled crane is not known.
		Wattled cranes have the longest incubation (40 days) and fledgling (over 100 days) period of any of the cranes.
		Wattled crane at zoo does not seem to be a menace, it has caused no problems and has not become territorial as many animals do with new surroundings.Also, it stays very close to water, since it is the most aquatic cranes of Africa
	www.whozoo.org /Intro2001/danvelaz/DVwattledcranepage.htm (520 words)

	::ZOO STARTS PROGRAMME TO PRESERVE WATTLED CRANES :: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Wattled cranes are one of the five critically endangered birds in South Africa and are the most endangered crane species on the African continent.
		According to project co-ordinator for the Wattled Crane Recovery Programme at the Johannesburg Zoo, Jeane Marie Pittman, the new facility is aimed at reversing the trend towards local extinction of the wattled cranes by breeding them at the zoo.
		Wattled cranes typically lay a clutch of one or two eggs and one egg is abandoned, hence the programme.
	www.joburg.org.za /2006/sep/sep26_cranes.stm (561 words)

	Wattled Crane
		The wattled cranes of Bushmanland in Namibia and Botswana inhabit seasonal pans and temporarily flooded areas, moving on during dry periods.
		Recently 2570 wattled cranes were counted in the Zambezi delta, although their status (nomadic or resident) is unknown.
		Wattled crane numbers are low and their habitat is threatened.
	www.botany.uwc.ac.za /Envfacts/facts/crane.htm (748 words)

	Wattled crane - Grus carunculatus: More Information - ARKive
		The wattled crane is the largest and rarest of the six species of crane in Africa (6).
		The wattled crane often feeds in areas used by blue and grey crowned cranes, birds that are often illegally poisoned, as they are perceived as crop pests.
		Other action has included increased legal protection for this crane, marking of power lines, educational programmes and liaison with private landowners to try to encourage them to manage their land in ways that benefit the wattled crane (2).
	www.arkive.org /species/GES/birds/Grus_carunculatus/more_info.html (1155 words)

	The Crane
		Cranes fly in V-formation and the characters of all early alphabets, nicked with a knife on the rind of boughs - as Hesiod wrote his poems - or on clay tablets, were naturally angular.
		Cranes make their spectacular migrations from the Tropic of Cancer to the Arctic Circle and back twice yearly, flying in chevron formation with loud trumpeting at an enormous height; and this must have attached them to the Hyperborean cult as messengers flying to the other world which lies at the back of the North Wind.
		The omission of corr, the Crane, from the Irish bird-Ogham for the C-month is intentional, the contents of the crane bag were a close secret and all reference to it was discouraged.
	www.blueroebuck.com /crane.htm (838 words)

	blue cranes in africa - wildwatch.com
		Cranes are among the most graceful and enchanting of all birds, but also among the most endangered.
		The Blue Crane is known as "Indwe" in the local Xhosa language and its extended tertiary feathers were used to adorn the heads of warriors during the fierce Frontier Wars.
		The Wattled Crane is also regularly seen by guests staying at Sandibe and Nxabega camps in the Okavango Delta.
	www.wildwatch.com /resources/birds/bluecrane.asp (556 words)

	The Highlands Crane Group - Dullstroom, Mpumalanga, South Africa
		The Wattled Crane is the largest African crane and is usually found in flocks of 10 to 40 individuals during non-breeding periods.
		Wattled cranes have an elaborate courtship dance which is accompanied by a low purring like noise and culminates in a long session of preening.
		To form their nest, which is fiercely defended by the male, the cranes create a vegetation mound of grasses and sedges, tossing the torn material over their shoulders as they walk away from the nest site, eventually pilling up sufficient vegetation to from a secure, dry, mat.
	www.dullstroom.info /natura/crane_group.html (584 words)

	Yak's Corner
		It's one of 15 species of cranes, wading birds that are known for their large size and graceful courting dances.
		The wattled crane is even taller - nearly six feet high, with an 8-foot wingspan.
		The birds can make their wattles shorter or longer, though no one knows why, or what the wattles are for.
	www.yakscorner.com /stories/crane.htm (361 words)

	International Crane Foundation
		A joint initiative of the International Crane Foundation and the Endangered Wildlife Trust in partnership with organizations and individuals from the eleven African nations where Wattled Cranes occur.
		The endangered Wattled Crane is endemic to Africa and ranges across eleven countries from Ethiopia to South Africa.
		The Africa Wattled Crane Program (AWAC) is a partnership between the International Crane Foundation, the Endangered Wildlife Trust, and individuals, institutions, working groups, and conservation projects connected to the eleven sub-Saharan countries where Wattled Cranes are known to occur.
	www.savingcranes.org /conservation/our_projects/program.cfm?id=1 (282 words)

	Crane Kung Fu
		Cranes are any of several wading birds comprising the 15 species of the family Gruidae, order Gruiformes.
		In no way would the Crane stylist go out of their way to apply a technique, all would be incidental to the move of escaping and avoiding; dancing away.
		Crane mythology is widely spread and can be found in areas such as the Aegean, South Arabia, Japan and in the Native American cultures of North America.
	www.shaolin.com.au /crane.html (1354 words)

	WWF - Zambia: The future of the Wattled Crane hangs in the balance
		Conversely, cranes that are disturbed from their territories in neighbouring countries may depend at times on the vast floodplains of Zambia for their survival.
		Cranes are 'triggered' to nest by receding floodwaters after water levels have peaked.
		The project's goals are to investigate the status of Wattled Cranes in Zambia through ground and aerial surveys and to better understand the link between wetland management and biodiversity conservation on the Kafue Flats through ecological and hydrological studies.
	www.panda.org /about_wwf/where_we_work/africa/news/index.cfm?uNewsID=12510 (747 words)

	The Rolex Awards: a preservation initiative for African cranes, L. Rodwell
		For her, the wattled crane is important not only in itself, but also as an emblem of the initiative to preserve ecosystems that thousands of people and hundreds of species depend on.
		Wattled cranes are important scientifically – as a litmus test of the state of wetlands under threat from agriculture, the construction of dams and drainage schemes.
		In October 2001, in partnership with the International Crane Foundation (ICF) and with the help of local associations of amateur and professional pilots who donated their flying time, Rodwell and her colleagues oversaw the first-ever coordinated aerial surveys of wattled crane populations in southern Africa.
	www.rolexawards.com /laureates/laureate-70-rodwell.html (1758 words)

	50/50 - SA's top enviro tv programme
		Cranes are one of the most threatened bird groups worldwide, with eleven of the world's fifteen extant species being threatened.
		The wattled crane is the largest of all three cranes and the most rare of Africa's six species.
		The wattled crane is the most wetland-dependent of the crane species as it uses wetlands for both foraging and breeding.
	www.5050.co.za /inserts.asp?ID=4703 (1139 words)

	Surfbirds News: Wattled Crane Recovery Programme
		With the backing of the Johannesburg Zoo, a Wattled Crane recovery programme is underway and set to expand dramatically over the next 5 years.
		The South African Wattled Crane may be genetically unique from all other Wattled Cranes in Africa, making the success of a captive breeding program ever more urgent to prevent local extinction of this species.
		The Wattled Crane (Bugeranus carunculatus) is one of only three crane species indigenous to South Africa and is the most critically endangered crane species on the African continent.
	www.surfbirds.com /sbirdsnews/archives/2006/02/wattled_crane_r.html (510 words)

	The Grey-Crowned Crane of South and Southern Africa
		The claim to fame of the Grey-Crowned Crane is that it is one of the only cranes to roost in trees and the most primitive crane – it is thought to resemble the many pre-Pliocene fossils from North America and central Asia.
		As already mentioned, the Grey-Crowned Crane is threatened with habitat loss (wetlands and grasslands) as well as management of these ecosystems: burning of firebreaks and grazing methods have to be properly controlled by the farmer if Grey-Crowned Cranes are resident on his land.
		In the past, farmers killed cranes deliberately if they were perceived to be causing crop damage; today, farm workers often put down poisons to catch cranes or other species for extra food protein, ignorant that they are putting themselves in danger.
	www.ecotravel.co.za /Guides/Wildlife/Vertebrates/Birds/Grey-Crowned_Crane.htm (1209 words)

	WAZA - World Association of Zoos and Aquariums - Projects
		The Wattled Crane (Bugeranus carunculatus)is the largest and rarest of the six crane species that occur in Africa.
		The African Wattled Crane Programme (AWAC) was launched in 2001 to monitor the status and threats to the survival of Wattled Cranes in each range country and to empower conservation biologists and managers to develop pro-active conservation programmes for the management of wetland systems for the benefit of people and wildlife.
		The main goal of the programme is firstly to build an ex situ population of Wattled Cranes in order to serve as a genetic reservoir in case of catastrophic extinction of wild populations, and secondly to provide birds for supplementation into the wild population.
	www.waza.org /conservation/projects/projects.php?id=50 (1001 words)

	Carte Blanche
		Despite its size and regal appearance, the Wattled Crane has experienced such a catastrophic decline in numbers in the last few decades it is now listed as critically endangered.
		The Wattled Crane is the largest and rarest of the African crane species.
		The main aim of the African Crane Project is to make crane conservation a people’s issue and to motivate local communities to be responsible for their own environment.
	www.carteblanche.co.za /display/Display.asp?Id=2138 (1768 words)

	WAZA - World Association of Zoos and Aquariums - Virtual Zoo
		Wattles occur on both sexes and males and females are virtually indistinguishable, although males tend to be a bit larger.
		Wattled Cranes kept in zoological institutions around the world help to serve as a genetic reservoir in the event of catastrophic loss in the wild.
		Wattled cranes can be difficult to breed in captivity.
	www.waza.org /virtualzoo/factsheet.php?id=215-004-002-001&view=Gruiformes (700 words)

	gbwf.org, the Crane Gallery
		Welcome to the gbwf.org Crane section This is a collection of crane photographs submitted by gbwf visitors.
		There are six subspecies of Sandhill Cranes, native to North America and eastern Siberia.
		This endangered African crane is named for the white feathered wattles that hang from the throat.
	www.gbwf.org /cranes (480 words)

	birding facts Birding Resources by the Fat Birder
		Cranes are a family of birds that have long been revered by people living near them.
		In Viet Nam, cranes are believed to carry the souls of the dead to heaven.
		The Red-crowned Crane is a stately long-legged, long-necked bird whose immaculate snow-white plumage is accented by fl secondary feathers, a fl neck with contrasting white nape, and a red crown...
	www.fatbirder.com /species_and_families/non_passerines/gruidae.html (894 words)

	WWF - Wattled crane and other aquatic birds
		Sadly, with fewer than 10,000 left in the world, the Wattled crane is also Africa’s rarest crane.
		Like most cranes, the Wattled crane is a large bird standing approximately 1.3 metres tall.
		Unusually, Wattled cranes build up to 4 nests, using one nest one year and another nest, the following year.
	www.panda.org /about_wwf/where_we_work/africa/where/zambia/kafue/species/wattled_crane/index.cfm (284 words)

	Endangered Wildlife Trust
		TO promote the conservation of wetlands for future generations and to save the Wattled Crane from extinction, ACWAC was formed as a partnership between EWT, the ICF and the 11 African countries where Wattled Cranes were found.
		To conserve Wattled Cranes and their habitats by promoting cooperation in and among African nations in partnership with people who depend on these same habitats.
		Recent surveys in countries that were long-thought to be strongholds for Wattled Cranes â“ Botswana, Mozambique, Tanzania, and especially Zambia â“ show that the global population of Wattled Cranes is only half of what has been reported in recent years.
	www.ewt.org.za /workgroups_overview.aspx?group=wattledcrane&page=overview (473 words)

	Wattled Crane - ICF
		Wattled Cranes stand six feet tall and weigh fourteen pounds.
		The African Wattled Crane Program (AWAC) is a partnership between the International Crane Foundation, the Endangered Wildlife Trust (South Africa), and organizations and individuals in the eleven nations where Wattled Cranes occur.
		The program seeks to conserve Wattled Cranes and their habitats by promoting cooperation in and among African nations in partnership with people who depend on these same habitats.
	www.savingcranes.org /species/wattled.cfm (497 words)

	Sunday Times - South Africa's best selling newspaper (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		He is particularly involved in the battle for the survival of the wattled crane - of which only 188 are left in South Africa - and our national bird, the blue crane.
		"Artificial incubation and isolation rearing is vital for the survival of the wattled crane.
		The Crane Foundation takes the second eggs and puts them in an incubator, and the chicks are distributed among the custodians.
	www.suntimes.co.za /2002/12/15/arts/durban/aned05.asp (859 words)

	Avian Demography Unit: Bird Numbers 7(3) Article 11
		A national Wattled Crane Captive Breeding Programme was implemented by the Southern African Crane Foundation and the Highlands Crane Group during 1995/96, and coordinated by the South African Crane Working Group (a working group of the Endangered Wildlife Trust).
		This project aims to reintroduce Wattled Cranes to areas where their numbers are so dangerously low that it is unlikely that they will regenerate their populations of their own accord.
		On 16 October 1998, two of the young cranes were killed by colliding with a 22 kV powerline on a farm in the Middelburg district of Mpumalanga.
	web.uct.ac.za /depts/stats/adu/bn7_3_11.htm (788 words)

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