Cranes are a family, Gruidae, of large, long-legged and long-necked birds in the group Gruiformes. There are fifteen species of crane in four genera. A crane is a type of tall wading birds from the family Gruidae (order Gruiformes).
The tallest is the sarus crane, Grus antigone, . The red-crowned crane, with about 0birds, is the second rarest. Gray crowned crane, Balearica regulorum, the national bird of Uganda. Last Mountain Lake MBS is vitally important for migratory birds, such as the endangered Whooping Crane, the birds using the MBS as a stopover as they move .
July 20— After an 88-year-long hiatus North America’s tallest bir the statuesque whooping crane (Grus americana), is once again on exhibit at the Bird . Egrets are really just a type of heron, while cranes belong to a separate group of birds, so for the purposes of identifying Tavie’s bird I’m going . Learn how to identify Sandhill Crane, its life history, cool facts, sounds and calls, and watch videos. (more…)