Black crowned-crane  (Balearica pavonina)

B. p. pavonina occurs in scattered populations in sub-Saharan West Africa from Senegal and Gambia to Lake Chad. B. p. ceciliae inhabits sub-Saharan Africa from Chad to Sudan, Ethiopia and Kenya (2).

The preferred habitats of the black crowned-crane are freshwater marshes, wet grasslands and the edges of lakes, ponds and rivers (2) (6). They also forage in rice fields and wet cropland, or on dry land close to wetlands (6).