#saurus crane

[redrcs]

First Sighting, Saurus Crane

(On my travels)

Saurus Cranes and Brolgas look very much the same, except the red colour extends down the neck for the Saurus and they have darker wingtips.

[animalworld]

SAURUS CRANE Antigone antigone ©Laura Quick The Sarus Crane is the largest non-migratory crane found in parts of the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, and Australia. The tallest of all the flying birds, standing at a height up to 1.8 m (about 6 ft.), they are a conspicuous species of open wetlands in south Asia, seasonally flooded Dipterocarp forests in Southeast Asia, and Eucalyptus-dominated woodlands and grasslands in Australia. They forage on marshes and shallow wetlands for roots, tubers, insects, crustaceans, and small vertebrate prey.

They are a symbol of marital fidelity in Asia where it is believed that the cranes pine the loss of their mates even to the point of starving to death. Yet while sarus cranes are monogamous birds, and pairs may mate for life, “divorce” cases occur and mate replacements take place. 

[animalworld]

SAURUS CRANE Antigone antigone ©Laura Quick The Sarus Crane is the largest nonmigratory crane found in parts of the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, and Australia. The tallest of the flying birds, standing at a height up to 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in), they are a conspicuous species of open wetlands in south Asia, seasonally flooded Dipterocarp forests in Southeast Asia, and Eucalyptus-dominated woodlands and grasslands in Australia. They forage on marshes and shallow wetlands for roots, tubers, insects, crustaceans, and small vertebrate prey.

Sarus cranes are monogamous birds and pairs mate for life, however, "divorce" cases and mate replacement take place.