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The grey crowned crane is approximately 1 m (3 ft 3 in) tall, weighs 3.5 kg (7.7 lb), and has a wingspan of 2 m (6 ft 7 in). Its body plumage is mainly grey. The wings are predominantly white but contain feathers with a range of colours, with a distinctive black patch at the very top.
Original – Grey crowned crane (Balearica regulorum gibbericeps) in Uganda Reason High quality large image. National Bird of Uganda. FP on Commons Articles in which this image appears Grey crowned crane FP category for this image Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds Creator Charlesjsharp
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On a related note, the kings of Uganda were the first to use the traditional lentil shaped African shield in their heraldic arms. [3] The shield is flanked on the heraldic left side by a crested crane (Balearica regulorum gibbericeps), a subspecies of the grey-crowned crane and the national bird of Uganda.
Pages in category "National symbols of Uganda" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. ... Grey crowned crane; K. Kob; O. Oh Uganda, Land of ...
Clockwise from top left: blue cranes, sandhill cranes, grey crowned cranes, and red-crowned cranes Cranes are tall wading birds in the family Gruidae. Cranes are found on every continent except for South America and Antarctica and inhabit a variety of open habitats, although most species prefer to live near water. [ 1 ]
The gray crowned-crane is the national bird of Uganda. This is a list of the bird species recorded in Uganda. The avifauna of Uganda included a total of 1088 confirmed species as of February 2023. Of them, one is endemic, and three have been introduced by humans. Three additional species are hypothetical as defined below and are not included in ...