Following a trail blazed by German crane colleagues and through transportation gratis ICF’s official Airline, Lufthansa, I spent nineteen memorable days in Ethiopian landscapes and sunshine. The visit perhaps will, with good fortune, result in the acceleration in the study and conservation of wetlands vital to more than 1,368 Black Crowned Cranes and 213 Wattled Cranes and uncountable thousands (for me at least) of migrant Eurasian Cranes that we observed.
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Travel Opportunities
Join us for the trip of a lifetime as we travel to far-away places to see cranes in their native habitats. You will travel with staff and leaders of the… Continue reading Travel Opportunities
White-naped Crane
SPECIES: Grus vipio HEIGHT: ~ 130 cm, 4 ft WEIGHT: ~ 5.6 kg, 12 lbs POPULATION: 6,700 – 7,700 TREND: Eastern population increasing; western population decreasing STATUS:IUCN: VU; ESA: E;… Continue reading White-naped Crane
Wattled Crane
SPECIES: Bugeranus carunculatus HEIGHT: 172 cm, 6 ft WEIGHT: 7.8 kg, 14 lbs POPULATION: >9,600 TREND: Probably decreasing STATUS: IUCN: VU; Cites Appendix II; CMS II IDENTIFICATION Adults – red… Continue reading Wattled Crane
Sandhill Crane
SPECIES: Grus canadensis – Lesser, Grus tabida – Greater, Grus pratensis – Florida, Grus pulla – Mississippi,Grus nesiotes – Cuban HEIGHT: ~ 80 – 120 cm, 3 – 5 ft WEIGHT: ~ 3 – 6.5… Continue reading Sandhill Crane
Red-crowned Crane
SPECIES: Grus japonensis HEIGHT: ~ 158 cm, 5 ft WEIGHT: ~ 7.5 kg, 17 – 22 lbs POPULATION: ~ 2,800 – 3,430 TREND: Continental population increasing, but declining in China;… Continue reading Red-crowned Crane
Hooded Crane
SPECIES: Grus monacha HEIGHT: ~ 100 cm, 3 ft WEIGHT: ~ 3.75 kg, 8 lbs POPULATION: 14,500 – 16,000 TREND: Increasing STATUS: IUCN: VU; Cites Appendix I; ESA: E; CMS I,… Continue reading Hooded Crane
Grey Crowned Crane
SPECIES: Balearica regulorum gibbericeps – East African, Balearica regulorum regulorum – South African HEIGHT: ~ 104 cm, 3 ft WEIGHT: ~ 3.6 kg, 8 lbs POPULATION: 26,500 – 33,500 TREND:… Continue reading Grey Crowned Crane
Blue Crane
SPECIES: Anthropoides paradiseus HEIGHT: 117 cm, 4 ft WEIGHT: 5.1 kg, 11 lbs POPULATION: 25,000 – 30,000 TREND: Western Cape population increasing; Karoo and Grasslands populations stable; Namibian population decreasing… Continue reading Blue Crane
Black Crowned Crane
SPECIES: Balearica pavonia pavonina – West African; Balearica pavonina ceciliae – Sudan HEIGHT: ~ 104 cm, 3 ft WEIGHT: ~ 3.6 kg, 8 lbs POPULATION: 43,000 – 70,000 TREND: Decreasing STATUS:… Continue reading Black Crowned Crane